The Israeli occupation army has besieged Al-Amal Hospital for more than 20 days (social networking sites)
The Palestinian Red Crescent said through its account on the
After storming the Al-Amal Hospital of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Khan Yunis, the occupation forces stole all the keys to the ambulances and administrative vehicles and locked the steering wheel in order to prevent the crew from operating the vehicles in light of the continued siege and targeting of the hospital for the twentieth day in a row. #Al-Amal_Hospital #Gaza…
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 10, 2024
To understand what is happening around Al-Amal Hospital, the Executive Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Bashar Murad, said that the occupation authorities not only controlled ambulances and administrative vehicles to prevent ambulance teams from rescuing the sick, wounded and injured, but also controlled the airspace with drones and shot at everyone. Moving person and on our vehicles.
Murad added - in exclusive statements to Al Jazeera Net - that the occupation forces stormed the hospital and arrested the medical staff, including surgical and anesthesia consultants, while preventing the entry of oxygen, and that approximately 43 displaced people and medical staff were killed.
He also pointed out that the Israeli occupation army has informed us since the 7th of last October through the Red Cross that it prohibits receiving any request for coordination to evacuate the wounded, and this is what has increased the number of martyrs during this war.
The Palestinian Red Crescent also published a video clip of one of its crews from inside the hospital talking about the tragic conditions and conditions that the medical staff, patients and wounded are experiencing. The volunteer added that they are being directly targeted by the occupation forces, and the sounds of gunfire are clearly heard in the clip during his speech.
Not far from Al-Amal Hospital, the occupation forces surrounded the Nasser Medical Complex and targeted anyone who left it. Journalists published many clips showing the targeting of civilians in the hospital courtyard.
Journalist Muhammad Salama published a video clip on his Instagram account showing the occupation snipers targeting a Palestinian citizen and his martyrdom in the courtyard of the Nasser Medical Complex. Another clip also showed the moment a wounded man was pulled out by occupation bullets and was targeted at the gate of the complex.
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Photographer Muhammad Akram documented a video clip showing the moment the occupation snipers targeted a group of people as they tried to cross from the Nasser complex to the hospital located on the other side. He commented on the video by saying that anyone leaving the Nasser complex would be targeted, and that there were large numbers of martyrs in the streets. They cannot be reached because of snipers.
A video spread on social media platforms showing the Israeli occupation vehicles closing the northern entrance to the medical complex.
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Some Gazans documented their suffering with the Israeli siege of the Nasser Medical Complex by saying: Inside this place, “Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis,” which is besieged by tanks, there is my sister, her husband, and her five children, and 200 meters away there is my older sister with her husband and five children, and she has also been besieged for days by tanks. And two kilometers away in the city of Rafah, there is my mother who has not stopped crying since their siege. They all separated so that the damage would be less, but the heart pain and anxiety were greater and more harmful. My mother and I have not been able to communicate with my two sisters and their children for days.
Inside this place, “Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis,” which is besieged by tanks, there are my sister, her husband, and her five children. 200 meters away, there is my eldest sister, with her husband and their five children. She has also been besieged for days by tanks. 2 kilometers away in the city of Rafah, there is my mother who has not stopped. Crying since their siege... pic.twitter.com/dWzFPIxFOd
— Tamer | Tamer (@tamerqdh) February 10, 2024
The audience on social media platforms wondered how long the occupation will continue to commit its crimes without any deterrence or accountability? They said that there is famine in northern Gaza with continued killing, the siege of Rafah in the south, the targeting of medical teams, the siege of hospitals, and the killing of children and women who raise white flags.
One of the commentators also asked who violated and continues to violate all international prohibitions, and the answer is that it is Israel and the international community turns a blind eye.
Those who pull out their bodies from under the rubble are human beings who have the right to say goodbye to their families in a way that they will remember them without heartache.. What is worse than the worst horror movie anyone can see in their life, but the difference is that it is not a real movie and the truth is very painful.. O Lord, release it to them, they have no choice but you, O God, protect us. Their private parts and the security of their splendor #Gaza#Gaza
- Faty🔻 (@Faty_Ma7) February 11, 2024
Press coverage: Canaan Agency journalist Yasser Mamdouh was shot dead by occupation army snipers in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis. Note that he was previously injured several times while covering the return marches and the events of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. pic.twitter.com/pg6E8BN1V1
- Quds News Network (@qudsn) February 11, 2024
Some observers commented on the Israeli army's targeting of the medical system in Gaza by saying that the occupation forces are seeking revenge against civilians because of the losses they suffer from the Palestinian factions in Gaza.
The emergency doctors' room in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis was bombed by occupation vehicles. #Gaza #Al-Aqsa_Flood #Gaza_War #Palestine #Resistance #freepalestine #Gaza pic.twitter.com/hULd4fJd7Q
- 🔻 Maram Mayed (@MaramMayed) February 11, 2024
Tweeters said that the Israeli occupation claims that it brings medical aid to hospitals, but what it does is the opposite of this; Rather, it storms, arrests, and destroys medical equipment, not to mention the besiegement and intimidation of medical staff, the wounded, and the sick inside these hospitals.
Al-Amal Hospital was stormed, arrested, and the destruction of medical equipment. This all happened after a siege and intimidation, and then the news came out saying that the Jews had packed the hospital with medical equipment. Ok, when will this mockery happen? They will kill the dead man and go to his funeral.
You deceive the world to justify their crimes. O sons of Zion, you do not need to lie. No one asks and there is no one to hold you accountable.
- Sundus ALnajjar (@Sundus_Alnajjr) February 11, 2024
Since the first days of its aggression against the Gaza Strip, the occupation has sought to besiege and target hospitals and target those inside them, such as the Shifa Medical Complex and the Indonesian Hospital, and many of the hospitals it has taken out of service in the northern and central Gaza Strip, under the pretext of the presence of military targets and command centers of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) under these. Hospitals, despite the occupation’s inability to prove any of its claims.
Hospitals and health facilities are considered civilian places and have special protection under international humanitarian law, or the “law of war.” According to international law, these hospitals must be respected, protected, and not targeted under any circumstances.
According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, which covers how to protect civilians during wars, it expands the concept of medical facilities to include all buildings in which there are injured or sick people, and they are cared for, not just hospitals.
According to Article 18 of this Convention, it stipulates that “civilian hospitals organized to provide care for the wounded, sick, infirm, and mothers may under no circumstances be the target of attack, but the parties to the conflict must respect and protect them at all times.”
Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites