Al-Quds Hospital Explained
The Al-Quds Hospital is a hospital located in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City, in the Palestinian territories. It is the second largest hospital in Gaza.[1]
History
The hospital was damaged by Israeli forces in 2009, during the Gaza war of 2008-2009.[2]
The hospital was damaged again as part of the 2023 Gaza war. On 11 November, fighting was reported at the hospital.[3] The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli tanks approached the hospital, and began firing upon it.[4] [5] They reported that about 14,000 displaced people were sheltering inside of it at the time of the fighting. Evangelical Christian website All Israel News reported that a Hamas battalion operating from the hospital ambushed IDF troops; saying that 21 militants were killed whereas the Israelis suffered no casualties. The clash was filmed by a drone scrambled from nearby.[6]
In the early morning of 12 November, an Israeli attack hit near the hospital and damaged it.[7] Later that day, the Palestine Red Crescent Society announced that the hospital had run out of fuel and ceased treating patients.[8] [9] On 13 November, Palestine Red Crescent Society condemned allegations that Hamas was attacking from the hospital saying the video from the drone only showed them in the street outside the hospital.[10]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Subramaniam . Tara . Raine . Andrew . Tanno . Sophie . Chowdhury . Maureen . Sangal . Aditi . 2023-10-29 . Second-largest hospital in Gaza City warned to evacuate ahead of possible bombardment, humanitarian group says . 2023-12-20 . . en.
- Web site: Gaza al-Quds hospital to be rebuilt . 2023-12-20 . Al Jazeera . en.
- Web site: Al-Mughrabi . Nidal . Angel . Maytaal . 2023-11-11 . Israel's war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals . . Thomson Reuters.
- News: Yang . Maya . Lowe . Yohannes . Skopeliti . Clea . Fulton . Adam . Kearney . Christine . 2023-11-12 . Israel-Hamas war: UN calls Gaza fighting 'reprehensible' – as it happened . 2024-01-07 . . en-GB . 0261-3077.
- Web site: Pietromarchi . Virginia . Siddiqui . Usaid . 2023-11-11 . 'Extreme panic and fear': Israeli tanks 20 metres from al-Quds hospital . 2024-01-07 . . . en.
- News: WATCH: Israel publishes documentation of Hamas terrorists firing from Al-Quds Hospital . 13 November 2023. All Israel News.
- Web site: 'Intense bombings' by Israeli forces around Gaza hospitals amid blackout . Al Jazeera . en . Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli attack hit near Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City, wounding at least 14 people and damaging the building..
- News: Khalid . Tuqa . 2023-11-12 . Gaza's al-Quds hospital now 'out of service' after running out of fuel and power: PRC . Al-Arabiya . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Gaza's al-Quds Hospital ceases operations amid Israeli attacks . 2023-12-20 . Al Jazeera . en.
- PRCS Release 13 November 2023 . Palestine Red Crescent Society . 17 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117194919/https://www.palestinercs.org/public/files/image/2023/News/112023/PRCS%20Rlease%2013112023.pdf . 17 November 2023 . bot: unknown . Arabic .
