Gaza’s hospitals are in chaos as Israeli bombardment continues in the territory since the Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7. Hospitals in Gaza are running out of supplies like medicine, food and water.
The Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, is no longer functioning as a hospital, according to the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Al-Shifa has been without electricity and food for the last three days and doctors say nearly 700 patients are inside the hospital.
Over the weekend of Nov. 11, Al-Shifa lost power. According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, three newborns died as a result, and another 36 babies had to be taken off incubators and will likely die, as well.
“We are asking immediately for the intervention of the international community and the United Nations to intervene,” said Palestinian Authority Health Minister Dr. Mai al-Kaila. “Because what is being done right now against the hospitals, and the medical staff in Gaza Strip, is against international law and international humanitarian law against the Geneva Convention, the third and the fourth Geneva Convention and against the Security Council and its decision.”
Israeli Defense Forces posted a video on X that depicts Israeli soldiers attempting to deliver 300 liters of fuel to the Al-Shifa Hospital. However, officials claim Hamas militants forbade the hospital from accepting the fuel.
Israeli officials said Hamas terrorists have built a vast command complex under the hospital and that they are using their own people as human shields.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on “CNN Sunday,” saying Israeli forces created a safe route for patients and other Palestinians to leave the hospital and northern Gaza, and head south of Gaza.
“We have designated routes to a safe zone south of Gaza City where there’s no fighting,” Netanyahu said. “And we’re telling them, ‘Go ahead, move.’ And by the way, 70,000 have moved three days ago, I think 50,000 moved yesterday. More will move today. We want all the civilians to be moved out of harm’s way. Hamas is doing everything in their power to keep them in harm’s way.”
The WHO chief posted on X saying the situation at Al-Shifa is “dire and perilous.”
“The world cannot stand silent while hospitals, which should be safe havens, are transformed into scenes of death, devastation, and despair.” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote. “Cease fire. Now.”
But the Israeli Defense Forces said there will be no cease-fire without Hamas releasing their hostages. According to the IDF, Hamas is holding 239 hostages captive and it’s unclear how many hostages are still alive.
“I said we’re going to pursue the battle to destroy Hamas to its end,” Netanyahu said. “But I also said the only cease-fire that we would consider is one in which we have our hostages released.”
Currently, the European Union is calling for “meaningful” pauses in Gaza fighting. Netanyahu has said Israeli forces agreed to pause airstrikes in certain areas during a limited time as thousands of Palestinians attempt to flee.
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