The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said on Sunday that Israel threatened to bomb the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza and demanded an “immediate evacuation.”
In a statement posted on X, the humanitarian organization said that they received “serious threats from the occupation authorities to immediately evacuate Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip, as it is going to be bombarded.”
“Since this morning, there has been raids 50 meters away from the hospital,” the post added.
❌Urgent: @PRCS has just received serious threats from the occupation authorities to immediately #evacuate Al-Quds Hospital in the #Gaza Strip, as it is going to be #bombarded. Since this morning, there has been raids 50 meters away from the hospital
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— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) October 29, 2023
On Friday, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari claimed that Al-Shifa Hospital the largest medical complex in the besieged Gaza Strip, hosts the main headquarters for Hamas and he did not rule out the possibility of attacking it.
Israel has, thus far, killed over 8,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and wounded more than 20,000.
Palestinian Ministry of Health reports and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of Palestinians killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza exceeded 8,000. A previous toll reported that nearly 20,000 were injured, in addition to at least 1,650 missing people.
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 29, 2023
On Friday night, Israel intensified airstrikes and expanded its ground operations in Gaza, while knocking out all communications for Palestinians in the besieged Strip.
Gaza has been under a tight Israeli military siege since 2007, following a democratic election in occupied Palestine, the results of which were rejected by Tel Aviv and Washington.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
