Web desk: “If Kamal Adwan hospital shut downs, there will be no way of preserving conditions of life to the remaining more than 75,000 civilians in Gaza,” said Hospital Director Abu Safiya
Israel Defense Force ordered one of the last partly operating hospitals in northern Gaza to shutter and evacuate, even as hospital staff say there are not enough ambulances to do so safely and persistent firing on the facility makes people afraid to leave.
Head of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Husam Abu Safiya, told to International media via text message, obeying the order to shut down was “next to impossible” because there were not enough ambulances to get patients out.
“We are sending this message under heavy bombardment and direct targeting of the fuel tanks, which if hit will cause a large explosion and mass casualties of the civilians inside,” he said.
Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment on Abu Safiya’s remarks. It said, on Friday it had sent fuel and food to the hospital and helped evacuate more than 100 patients and caregivers to other Gaza hospitals, some in coordination with the Red Cross, for their own safety.
