BEIT LAHIA (Palestinian Territories), Dec 06 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said 29 people were killed on Friday by Israeli strikes around a major hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahia.
Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of northern Gaza's last functioning health centres, was hit by several strikes in the morning, the agency and the hospital director said.
"There was a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, accompanied by intense and direct fire," said director Hossam Abu Safieh, adding that four staff were killed.
Mahmud Bassal, the civil defence agency's spokesman, said, "At least 29 people were killed and dozens were wounded... since dawn on Friday as a result of the continuing Israeli shelling around Kamal Adwan Hospital."
The Israeli army has not yet responded to AFP requests for comment on the strikes.
Bassal told AFP that the Israeli army entered the hospital, evacuated patients and arrested several Palestinians.
Abu Safieh said that following the latest raid, no surgeons were left at the facility.
Beit Lahia has been the site of an intense Israeli military operation for the past two months that has again escalated in recent days, forcing thousands to flee amid bombing, the civil defence agency said.
Israeli forces have stormed the Kamal Adwan on several occasions since the start of the war nearly 14 months ago. The hospital said its intensive care unit director Ahmad al-Kahlut was killed in an air strike late last month.
29 killed in Israeli strikes around key hospital
FE Team | Published: December 06, 2024 22:20:27
29 killed in Israeli strikes around key hospital
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