Posted on 11/12/2023 6:14:24 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
TEL AVIV — Newborns and other patients at Gaza’s largest hospital are dying as power fails and resources run out, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which said at least 35 babies born prematurely face possible “death at any moment.”
Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City has been “out of service” since Saturday morning, according to the ministry, as heavy bombardment and intense fighting outside the complex cause power outages amid a fuel shortage.
The challenges for Gaza’s hospitals continue to mount: As fighting has intensified, ambulances have come under fire, power is going out, and dead bodies have piled up in an overwhelming surge of patients.
The majority of the enclave’s hospitals are out of service, according to the Palestinian health minister. Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City joined the list Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said, and it is no longer operational.
The Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday that it would open evacuation routes from Al-Shifa and two other hospitals in Gaza City: Al-Rantisi and Al-Nasr. In a statement, the IDF said soldiers “opened and secured a passage which enables the civilian population to evacuate, on foot and by ambulances” from the three facilities.
In recent days, doctors at Al-Shifa have reported sounds of bombardment and fighting around the facility. Speaking by phone Saturday, Abusada said the people inside were terrified.
“It’s horrifying for the patients and for the staff and for all the people who are in Shifa,” he said.
A large blast could be heard over the phone. “Do you hear the bombardment? Do you hear that?” Abusada said. “Every minute we hear like that, so it is horrifying.”
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Those deaths are on Hamas’ hands, not Israel’s.
Ambulances have fuel.
Use the fuel to save the babies.
A feature not a bug.
Horsehit!
Less future terrorists.
FAFO
What a crock. They play the western media with babies dying and the media sucks it up.
Too bad that the Hamas-oles didn’t weigh all of the possible consequences of their early-October actions.
I doubt that they even considered that Israel might have a comprehensive response.
Iran: take note.
I’m sure there are many cars in Gaza.
Siphon out the fuel in them and give the fuel to hospitals to please Allah.
Just tell the local Hamas that the babies are Jewish, and they’ll take care of the problem by beheading and burning.
Make wood alcohol.
Use the alcohol as a fuel.
Pine trees can produce turpentine.
I have a tree in my Florida backyard that was a turpentine pine. That turpentine probably powered a car during WW2.
Collect sugar.
Make ethanol.
Collect sugar.
Make ethanol.
If babies are dying because of lack of medical care, then how did the human race survive until medical care came along.
Liars.
They had several weeks notice and warning to move civilians out of harms way.
They chose not to.
It’s all on them.
Yep.
When someone asked my dad where he was born, he'd say "upstairs in the front room".
....and it’s a real shame NBC hasn’t moved its headquarters to that very hospital in the heart of gaza!
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