In the last few hours, fears have increased that what happened at the Al-Shifa medical complex in the Gaza Strip, at the Indonesian hospital located in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Strip, could be repeated, in light of reports that it had been subjected to bombings and siege by the Israeli army.
Al-Hurra television’s correspondent in Gaza said Monday that the Indonesian hospital was “besieged from about 100 meters away, while a number of kidney patients are at risk of death as the hospital stops functioning.” ”.
He added, citing medical sources, that the hospital is “crowded with civilians and any artillery shell will cause a large number of casualties,” stressing that “people who tried to escape from the hospital following the shelling were grabbed aim.”
He also underlined that there were injuries among the medical staff of the hospital, explaining that “the situation is worsening, with the fear that what happened at Al-Shifa hospital will be repeated”, which was completely evacuated and remained without patients and medical staff. , after the Israeli army took control of it.
The Al-Hurra website attempted to contact the Israeli army for comment regarding the “siege and bombing” of the Indonesian hospital, but could not get a response by the time of publication.
For her part, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi condemned the Israeli “attack” on the Indonesian hospital on Monday.
He said in a statement, reported by Reuters, “The attack is a clear violation of international humanitarian law. All countries, especially countries with close relations with Israel, must use all their influence and capabilities to urge Israel to stop his atrocities.”
A journalistic source in the Gaza Strip told Al-Hurra last Monday that “Israeli tanks surrounded the Indonesian hospital”, also underlining concerns about “a repetition of what happened at the Shifa Medical Complex”.
The source added: “Tanks surround the Indonesian hospital and its surroundings, and there is shelling on the hospital,” adding that “a number of journalists are trapped inside, and there are several dead and injured.”
Source: Israeli tanks surround Indonesian hospital in Gaza Strip
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) said on Monday that the Indonesian hospital in the northern Gaza Strip is under Israeli shelling and siege, while a news source warned that the hospital could witness what happened in Al-Shifa medical complex. , which Israeli forces took control of and evacuated thousands of citizens, patients and doctors from inside.
On Sunday, Israel accused Hamas (classified as a terrorist movement in the United States and other countries) of “committing violations at Al-Shifa hospital,” saying it “witnessed the execution of a female soldier and the detention of two foreigners hostage. “
The Israeli army also released a video clip on Sunday of what it described as “a tunnel 55 meters long and 10 meters deep dug by Palestinian militants under the Shifa compound.”
On Saturday, a World Health Organization team visited Al-Shifa hospital to assess the situation, describing the largest medical complex in the besieged Strip as a “death zone.”
In a mission that the organization described as “high risk,” the team included public health experts, logistics staff and security personnel from various UN departments.
On Monday, the Associated Press quoted an Indonesian hospital doctor, Marwan Abdullah, as saying he “saw the tanks from the windows,” explaining: “I saw them moving and shooting. The women and children here live in one state of extreme terror. Sounds of explosions and gunshots can be heard.” “Continuous fire.”
Abdullah also revealed that the hospital has received dozens of dead and wounded following Israeli airstrikes and nightly shelling, and said: “Medical staff and displaced people fear that Israel will besiege the hospital and force those there to leave.”
For its part, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Monday that the Indonesian hospital was under “Israeli bombing and siege.”
Medical sources said that “at least 8 people were killed” following Israeli artillery shelling of the hospital and its surroundings “directly, with bullets and missiles”.
He added: “There are thousands of displaced people inside the hospital and around 150 injured, in addition to the medical teams and workers, whose number does not exceed 100 people.”
Meanwhile, health authorities in the Gaza Strip announced that 12 people were killed following an Israeli raid on an Indonesian hospital, according to Agence France-Presse.
Video: Israel accuses Hamas of “executing a female soldier and taking hostages in Al-Shifa hospital”
Israel on Sunday stepped up its accusations against the Hamas movement of committing violations at Al-Shifa hospital, saying it witnessed the execution of a captured female soldier and the holding of two foreigners hostage.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said: “We fear that what (the Israeli army) did to the Al-Shifa compound will be repeated,” stressing that there are “about 700 people among the teams medical and injured inside the Indonesian hospital… and the medical teams at the Indonesian hospital insist on staying for treatment.” “The injured.”
For its part, the Israeli army announced on Monday the continued expansion of its operations in the northern Gaza Strip.
Hamas has claimed that Israel is waging a “war against hospitals”, while Israel accuses the movement that controls the Gaza Strip of using hospitals for military purposes, which the latter denies.
Earlier this month, the Israeli military showed satellite images showing a missile launch base belonging to Hamas located less than 100 meters from the Indonesian hospital.
The spark of war was sparked on October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, including women and children. The movement also kidnapped around 240 hostages, including foreigners, and transferred them to the Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, since that date Israel has responded with continuous bombings and ground incursions, which have resulted in the deaths of around 13,000 people, most of them civilians, including women and children, according to the health authorities of the Palestinian Strip, who are been informed controlled by Hamas since 2007.