Rafah residents face further danger as Israel hits city’s two hospitals
Al Jazeera
Israeli attacks put Kuwaiti Hospital out of service and trap medical staff, patients inside Indonesian Field Hospital.
The Gaza Strip’s collapsing health system is under further strain after the Israeli army intensified bombing in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area and other parts of the enclave, a day after an attack on a camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians.
The Indonesian Field Hospital is the latest medical facility in Rafah to be hit with the attack on Monday causing damage to the hospital’s upper floors.
Medical staff and patients are reportedly trapped inside the facility, where many Palestinian families are also taking shelter.
Earlier on Monday, Rafah’s Kuwaiti Speciality Hospital was forced to shut down after an Israeli attack just outside the gates of the hospital killed two of its medical staff.
Witnesses said the victims were hit by fire from an Israeli aircraft. The hospital was treating most of the 249 wounded in Israel’s attack on Sunday night on a camp for displaced people.
