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A tent where relatives were sheltering at the morgue of the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, mourns the bodies of those killed in Israeli bombings on January 4.
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A tent where relatives were sheltering at the morgue of the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, mourns the bodies of those killed in Israeli bombings on January 4.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Doctors Without Borders says the Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining medical facility in Gaza, is currently unable to provide critical medical services.
The non-profit medical group said in a statement Friday that there are now few places for people in Khan Younis to go if they need treatment.
Israeli forces said on Tuesday they had surrounded Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip's second-largest city, and were fighting Hamas fighters. Israel stepped up its fighting this week and ordered everyone in certain areas to evacuate. Including hospitals.
Nasser Hospital is one of the main medical facilities operating in Khan Younis. Gaza's health ministry reported Wednesday that no one could enter or leave due to the bombing.
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The hospital was also sheltering thousands of Palestinian refugees fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza. Doctors Without Borders (also known as MSF in French) said many people, including most of the hospital's staff, were evacuated when evacuation orders were issued. It is said that about 350 patients remain inside the hospital and are trapped because it is too dangerous to leave the hospital.
“These systematic attacks on health services are unacceptable and must stop now to ensure the injured get the care they need,” Guillemette Thomas, MSF medical coordinator for Gaza and the West Bank, said in a statement. “I do it,” he said.
Doctors Without Borders described feeling helpless as doctors spoke of poor conditions in hospitals, including a lack of beds and other basic supplies. One doctor quoted by Doctors Without Borders said doctors were squeezing blood out of gauze, disinfecting it and reusing it.
Israel continues to escalate its attacks in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed nearly 1,200 people and took about 250 hostage. According to Israel, about 130 people are still held captive in Gaza. The Gaza Strip's Health Ministry reported that the number of Palestinians killed exceeded 25,000.