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Israel bombed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, damaged the oxygen station

Israel bombed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, damaged the oxygen station

The attack disrupted oxygen supplies to 150 injured patients and 14 newborn babies at the hospital (Getty)

Israeli forces bombarded the area Kamal Adwan Hospital In the northern city of Gaza Beit Lahia On Friday, they killed and injured patients and medical staff and severely damaged the vital oxygen station and intensive care unit.

This attack came amid a devastating offensive on Gaza, including the Jabalia refugee camp in the north, where dozens of civilians were killed.

The attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital caused disruptions in vital oxygen supply to 150 patients as well as 14 newborn babies.

Images published by Al Jazeera While Palestinian media reported that children were killed and medical staff were injured in the bombing, they showed a child patient injured due to the bombardment of the hospital.

“It is not possible to perform emergency surgery for so many injured people,” hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya said. Al Jazeera on Thursday.

“There are more than 15 cases that require surgery that we cannot do in the hospital.”

Early on Friday, hospital staff and patients were forcibly removed from the facility by Israeli forces and they were ordered to gather in the Palestinian courtyard. Fidelity the news agency reported. The army detained many people.

The attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital took place during a 21-day siege in northern Gaza by Israeli forces that forced Palestinians to advance south. Hospitals in other parts of northern Gaza were also attacked, including Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia and Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia.

On Thursday, Israeli forces bombed 11 houses in the Jabalia refugee camp, killing and wounding at least 150 people.

Elsewhere, attempts to restart ceasefire talks began, with Hamas sending a delegation to Cairo on Thursday to meet with Egyptian officials.

An Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea also went to Egypt to meet with the newly appointed Egyptian intelligence chief, Major General Hasan Mahmud Rashad.

Barnea will travel to Qatar on Sunday as part of mediators’ attempts to restart talks.

The talks failed in August at Israel’s request. Philadelphia Corridor The region between Gaza and Egypt will be occupied indefinitely by their own forces.

HamasIsrael said it largely accepted the ceasefire plan put forward by US President Joe Biden in late May and accused Israel of evading the decision.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 42,847 people and injured 100,544, according to the Gaza health ministry.