Several injured in Israeli army attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza

By Mustafa Haboush

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several medical staff members were injured when the Israeli army again targeted the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, with artillery shelling and gunfire on Friday, and the army forces later stormed the health facility to damage its critical life-saving equipment.

Medical sources told Anadolu that several healthcare workers at the hospital were injured in the Israeli artillery shelling and gunfire directed at the facility.

The army also bombed the hospital's main oxygen station, rendering it inoperable, they added.

The same sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the hospital hours after it was attacked with artillery shelling and gunfire.

Earlier on Thursday, Munir Al-Bursh, director general of Gaza's Health Ministry, told Anadolu that "patients and injured are living in a state of terror due to the Israeli targeting of Kamal Adwan Hospital and its surroundings in northern Gaza, where the Israeli army has been committing acts of mass extermination for 20 days."

Meanwhile, Israeli army ground incursions and bombardments continue across northern Gaza, as the forces push for forced displacement of Palestinians.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since an attack last year by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 42,800 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 100,500 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi