️Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, in an urgent distress call after the withdrawal of WHO from the hospital in the northern Gaza Strip:
Kamal Adwan Hospital is facing a difficult and dangerous situation, as the hospital facilities have been targeted with direct artillery shelling. The attacks have hit the inpatient wards, the children's nursery, the hospital courtyard, and water tanks.
We were surprised that the third floor, which contains children, was directly bombed. A number of children were wounded from the shelling, including a serious injury.
Everything was targeted. It was as if Kamal Adwan Hospital itself is facing a genocide inside of it. Just as we bid farewell to WHO, they began bombing, shelling from every single corner, and we don't know from where and when!
There are 120 wounded still inside the hospital, 19 in the children's section and 4 in the maternity ward. The hospital was bombed from all sides.
We demand protection for the medical staff in Kamal Adwan. It's enough; the hospital was directly hit. The children were hit. What is their sin? Who is concerned about human rights?!
Mike