Israel raid empties northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital of all patients and detains its director

Northern Gaza’s last remaining major hospital is now out of service after a raid by Israeli forces severely damaged the building and emptied its wards of patients and doctors.

Northern Gaza’s last remaining major hospital is now out of service after a raid by Israeli forces severely damaged the building and emptied its wards of patients and doctors. On Friday, Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, putting some 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the north of the enclave at risk, the United Nations said. They also arrested the hospital’s prominent director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, accusing him of being a suspected “Hamas terrorist operative.” The raid has rendered the hospital “empty” of patients, some of whom are critically ill, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Those in critical condition were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital, “which is itself out of function,” WHO said. Some patients were also transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, WHO added. The UN said that WHO is planning a mission to the Indonesian Hospital to move the evacuated patients to southern Gaza for continued care. Mohammed Salha, director of Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, which is barely functioning and severely damaged due to recent airstrikes, told CNN Monday that Kamal Adwan Hospital is “totally out of service” and that his own medical facility has very little fuel and is overflowing with patients, despite limited supplies.