Israeli warplanes and artillery are persisting in their relentless bombardment of the immediate vicinity surrounding the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, resulting in dozens of casualties and injuries. WAFA correspondent reported that the bodies of dozens of slain civilians are scattered in the courtyards of the complex and its surroundings, with ambulance crews unable to reach and evacuate them due to the intense Israeli bombardment targeting anyone moving inside the complex. The intensive Israeli shelling has reached the intensive care unit of the hospital, resulting in the murder of a man and the injury of several others. Additionally, three patients and wounded individuals who were connected to artificial respirators in the targeted section also died as a result of the run out of fuel. Our correspondent, besieged within the complex, said several people were also injured in an Israeli shelling targeting the top floor of the Al-Quds Building within the complex. Furthermore, Israeli tanks are positioned only 200 meters from the northern and southern sides of the Al-Shifa Complex. Since last night, no ambulance has been able to reach the complex due to the intensity of the fires resulting from nonstop Israeli bombardment. Medical teams within the Al-Shifa Complex, WAFA correspondent added, cannot move from one building to another for the evacuation of murdered people and the injured in its vicinity. This is due to the fact that Israeli tanks are advancing from the west of Gaza City, while drones are targeting any moving objects in the area. The Israeli occupation has been besieging the Al-Shifa Medical Complex since dawn today, bombarding most of the buildings adjacent to it and several buildings inside it. Thousands of wounded and displaced people are present inside without electricity, food, water, or fuel. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, there are difficulties in evacuating the Al-Shifa Medical Complex because there are more than 60 patients in the ICU, over 40 infants in the neonatal care unit, and more than 500 patients in the kidney dialysis departments. Meantime, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that Israeli tanks are currently positioned only 20 meters from its Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza. The occupation is firing directly at the hospital, creating panic among the displaced who are seeking refuge there. Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 198 healthcare workers, 36 civil defense personnel have been murdered by Israel, and more than 130 have been injured. Sixty ambulances have been damaged, including 53 that are completely disabled.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency