The largest hospital in the Gaza Strip It houses more than 50,000 Palestinians who take refuge behind its walls, also waiting for medical help. But in the early hours of Friday this and four other hospital centers were bombed.

Palestinian authorities denounced Israel’s targeting of hospitals amid the conflict and the precarious healthcare system that cares for thousands of wounded people.

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Al Shifathe largest hospital, was the target of “intense violence,” said Margaret Harris, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO). She also detailed that twenty hospitals in Gaza are not functioning.

The body of a child and another victim killed in an Israeli bombing, wrapped in a blanket in front of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on November 8, 2023. Photo: Dawood NEMER / AFP

Although Israel has not yet commented on the airstrikes, the prime minister said Benjamin Netanyahu and other authorities have signaled they will attack where they believe the forces of Hamas, the Palestinian military group, are located.

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The Israeli Defense Forces They said al-Shifa hospital was located in an area they called “the heart of Hamas’s operational and intelligence activities,” which Palestine considers a lie and a pretext to bomb the health center.

“With the constant attacks and fighting in the area [de Al Shifa]We are deeply concerned about the well-being of thousands of citizens there, Many of them are children, seeking medical care and shelterHuman Rights Watch reports this online.

Netanyahu proposes that Israel should take over “general security” in Gaza “indefinitely.”

There are many explicit videos on social media of civilians in the hospital asking for help and seeking shelter during the explosions. Some user comments indicate that the healthcare system in this region of Palestine has already completely collapsed. (JO)