Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, is officially out of business. The World Health Organization has confirmed reports yesterday afternoon that the main hospital's generators have been turned off and the building has been placed under siege by the Israeli army.
The WHO says the hospital has been "shut down" for three days due to the bombing, with Al-Shifa's last generator running out of fuel at the weekend, leading to the deaths of three premature babies and nine other patients.
Meanwhile, there is a clash of statements between Hamas and official Tel Aviv. The Israeli army claims it coordinated the delivery of 300 liters of fuel with hospital officials, but Hamas has prevented hospital officials from accepting the aid.
On the other hand, the military group has denied the claim. " The offer underestimates the pain and suffering of patients who are trapped inside without water, food or electricity. This amount is not enough to run the hospital's generators for more than 30 minutes ," said Hamas' response.
Sakaq CNN citing the director of Al-Shifa hospital reports that newborns have been taken out of incubators wrapped in metal foil and are being placed next to hot water in a desperate attempt to keep them alive.
" I was with them a while ago. Now they are exposed, because we took them out of the incubators. We wrap them in metal foil and put hot water next to them in order to keep them warm ," said the director of the medical center, Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya for Al-Araby TV.
Inside the hospital, none of the operating theaters are functioning due to the lack of electricity, Abu Salmiya said, adding that "everyone who needs surgery dies and we can't do anything about it."
" Operating rooms are completely out of service and now the wounded come to us and we can't give them anything other than first aid ," he added.
An independent journalist inside Al-Shifa said dozens of bodies still remain to be buried, ambulances have been unable to collect the wounded and life support systems have no electricity to operate. " Doctors are working by candlelight, food is being rationed and people inside have started drinking tap water ," said the journalist.
An Israeli military spokesman told CNN that its forces were engaged in "continuous intense fighting" against Hamas near the hospital compound, but denied shelling the northern Gaza medical center and dismissed claims the hospital is under siege. .
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with CNN on Sunday that there is no reason for patients not to be evacuated from Al-Shifa. He said Israel is helping patients by creating safe corridors on the ground and said more than 100 have already been evacuated from the hospital, but CNN could not independently verify whether any people were able to evacuate and the hospital's director said people are afraid. to go out.
Al-Shifa is not the only hospital out of order. On Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society announced that Al-Quds Hospital, another major facility in Gaza City, is now out of order. " This interruption of services occurred due to the depletion of available fuel and the interruption of electricity ," PRCS said.
Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 11,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, and a fuel blockade has resulted in a deepening humanitarian crisis as hospitals, water systems, bakeries and other electricity-dependent services have been shut down. .
Meanwhile, images circulating on social media show several newborn babies removed from incubators at the hospital, huddled helplessly together and placed on a bed. (A2 Televizion)
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