The Gaza Health Ministry accused the Israeli Army this Wednesday of abandon five newborn babies to their fate in two hospitals in the north of the Strip whose lifeless bodies were found this Monday.

According to a statement from this Ministry, controlled by the political arm of Hamas, when Israeli troops took control of the pediatric hospital Al Naser and the hospital Al Rantisiduring the military offensive, they ordered the nursing staff to leave the scene and told them that the International Red Cross was on the way to evacuate the babies.

“However, their decomposed bodies were found in their beds when several people finally managed to enter the hospital on Monday,” the note states.

The Israeli Government and the political arm of Hamas reached a truce for the exchange of hostages for prisoners that began last Friday and could expire if both parties do not agree to its extension.

The Ministry maintains that the Israeli Army did not care for the minors because “it was too busy making videos of supposed evidence in the basement of the Al Rantisi and Al Naser pediatric hospitals” to try to demonstrate that Hamas’ main command centers were located in their basements or under their structures. Israel has insisted throughout the offensive that the hospitals are used by Hamas to hide from Army attacks, which is why they are considered military objectives.

He even went so far as to state that under the Al Shifa Hospitalthe largest in the Gaza Strip, was the main command center of Hamas, an allegation that it downplayed after find some underground tunnels in which there was a room with a bathroom and a kitchen.

“The only thing they could prove is his own heartless depravity and inhumanity“, maintains the ministerial statement. On the other hand, the Ministry announced the restoration of the dialysis service at the Al Noura al Kaabi center, shortly after it did the same in Al Rantisi.

Likewise, he denounced that the Al Shifa, Kamal Adwan and Al Ahly hospitals they have not received fuel yet and that field hospitals in Gaza remain non-functional. In addition, he warned that “the lack of water and hygiene materials increases the risk of spreading epidemics.”