Over 7,000 at Al Shifa Hospital ‘fighting death’

Gaza, The Gulf Observer: Over 7,000 displaced people, patients, and medical staff at Al Shifa Hospital are “fighting death due to a lack of water and food” caused by the Israeli military blockade, besieged Gaza media office reported.

According to a statement released on Telegram, the office emphasised the critical situation, stating that there is “no food, water, or milk for infants at Al Shifa Hospital.”

“We may lose a number of malnourished children at the hospital due to the power outage, leaving them without incubators,” it said.

The media office highlighted “the dire conditions at Al Shifa Hospital, which houses 650 patients and approximately 7,000 displaced individuals.

Medical teams, patients, and displaced individuals are struggling for survival due to the absence of life’s essentials.”

The statement pointed out that “Israeli forces have destroyed all vehicles in the hospital compound and refuse to allow medical staff or patients to leave.”

The Gaza media office “appealed for urgent international intervention to rescue those present in the compound.”

It reported that “the Israeli army conducted search and inspection operations inside Al Shifa Hospital, transferring the bodies of martyrs to an unknown location.

The occupying forces have converted the facility into a military barracks.”