“It was a challenging and perilous day. Today, we managed to evacuate the patients, the wounded, their families and the medical teams trapped in Al-Quds Hospital, compelled by the tragic situation that had befallen the hospital,” it said on X.
It said the move came “after more than 10 days of siege, during which medical and humanitarian supplies were prevented from reaching the hospital.”
As the hospital had become a threat to the lives of everyone inside due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment around it and firing upon those inside, in addition to a complete power outage and the depletion of water and food for the patients, it became impossible to continue providing the necessary medical care under these conditions, it added.
The patients were being transferred to hospitals in southern parts of the Gaza Strip, it said, adding those hospitals are already suffering from fuel shortages and a scarcity of medicines and medical supplies, Anadolu Agency reported.
On Sunday, the Red Crescent announced that Al-Quds Hospital would be out of service due to running out of fuel and a power outage.
It also announced early Tuesday that the only power generator at its Al-Amal Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip had stopped working.
The Israeli regime waged a bloody war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity.
The Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 11,180, including 4,609 children and 3,100 women. More than 28,000 others injured in the regime’s military onslaught so far.
At least 22 hospitals and 49 health centers have ceased operations in Gaza due to Israeli attacks and a shortage of fuel needed to operate power generators.
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