‘Unacceptable’ – Norway Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Hospitals

Smoke rises from the Kamal Adwan Hospital aft Israeli forces acceptable it connected fire. (Photo: Anas al-Sharif, via societal media)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Israeli service besieged the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the past functional aesculapian facility, successful bluish Gaza successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, and ordered each unit and patients to evacuate.

Norway has condemned Israel’s attacks connected the fewer remaining operational hospitals successful bluish Gaza arsenic “completely unacceptable” and appealed for humanitarian organizations to beryllium granted entree to the territory.

“It is heartbreaking – and wholly unacceptable – that the civilian colonisation successful Gaza, including children, is being deprived of life-saving attraction owed to a shortage of hospitals, healthcare unit and supplies,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said successful a connection connected Saturday. 

In #Gaza, reports of continued Israeli attacks connected hospitals are profoundly disturbing. International humanitarian instrumentality indispensable beryllium respected astatine each times. Aid indispensable beryllium allowed to scope those successful need, said Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore https://t.co/srfSBXLQlM

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The Israeli service besieged the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the past functional aesculapian facility, successful bluish Gaza successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, and ordered each unit and patients to evacuate. The hospital’s director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, on with respective aesculapian unit were detained by the concern forces. 

Surrounded by tanks and fired upon with quadcopter-mounted instrumentality guns, a blaze swept done the hospital, destroying respective parts of the building, including operating rooms and the laboratory. 

Protection nether IHL

“Hospitals and aesculapian unit bask peculiar extortion nether planetary humanitarian law,” Store emphasized.

He said that connected Christmas Eve, the United Nations (OCHA) reported that Israeli airstrikes had inflicted terrible harm connected Palestinian civilians “who person already suffered immensely from aggravated attacks implicit a agelong period.” 

Israeli concern forces person detained Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the manager of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, successful bluish Gaza on with dozens of unit members, Gaza’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. 

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“According to Palestinian wellness authorities, astatine slightest 50 people, including 5 healthcare workers, were killed successful Israeli airstrikes adjacent the Kamal Adwan infirmary successful North Gaza connected December 26th,” the premier curate said. 

The Kamal Adwan hospital, “which has been the lone remaining large wellness installation successful North Gaza, was forcibly evacuated yesterday pursuing a subject raid, according to the WHO,” helium added.   

Humanitarian Catastrophe

Highlighting the humanitarian concern successful bluish Gaza, Store said that successful December alone, “Israeli authorities are reported to person rejected 48 retired of 52 UN requests for humanitarian entree to the besieged areas.”

He cited UNICEF arsenic stating connected December 26 that 11 children had mislaid their lives pursuing Israeli attacks “in the past 3 days alone.” 

A nutrient crises monitoring enactment withdrew a caller study this week informing of imminent famine successful bluish Gaza aft the United States authorities asked for its retraction, the Associated Press has reported, citing US officials.https://t.co/xfZZto0McN pic.twitter.com/VIWn1Il7cA

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Over 90 percent of the colonisation successful Gaza is internally displaced, Storm stated, adding that “With wintertime mounting in, unneurotic with the deficiency of nutrient and shelter, surviving conditions are horrific, particularly for children.”

Infants Frozen to Death

He besides noted that according to Palestinian wellness authorities, “four infants person frozen to decease successful caller days.”

Store stressed that the UN and humanitarian organizations “must beryllium allowed to proceed their captious work,” adding that the “civilian population, the sick and the wounded indispensable beryllium fixed protection, food, and aesculapian assistance.”

Another Palestinian toddler, one-month-old Jumaa, has died from utmost acold wrong his family's displacement structure successful Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli genocide. pic.twitter.com/mCfV1LPe6e

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“Furthermore, it is wholly unacceptable that Israeli authorities proceed to forestall humanitarian actors from accessing those successful need,” helium continued, pointing retired that it was “imperative that humanitarian actors and their captious assistance scope each parts of Gaza.”

“I privation to entreaty erstwhile much to the Israeli government: Israel indispensable comply with its planetary obligations and bash everything wrong its powerfulness to extremity the suffering now,” urged the premier minister.

Store said a ceasefire, the merchandise of each hostages and entree to humanitarian assistance “is much urgent than ever.”

Ongoing Genocide

The ongoing Israeli battle connected the Gaza Strip, which began connected October 7, 2023, has led to a humanitarian situation of unprecedented scale. As the decease toll among besieged and starved Palestinian civilians continues to emergence daily, Israel is presently facing charges of genocide against Palestinians earlier the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

A photograph from wrong Kamal Adwan infirmary aft being burnt down by the Israeli concern forces. pic.twitter.com/GhsHmWZq83

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According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, astatine slightest 45,484 Palestinians person been killed, and 108,090 wounded successful Israel’s ongoing genocide successful Gaza starting connected October 7, 2023. The toll is expected to emergence further, with astatine slightest 11,000 radical inactive unaccounted for, presumed dormant nether the rubble of their homes crossed Gaza.

The war, which Palestinians telephone “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” began aft a subject cognition carried retired by Hamas connected Israeli territory. Israel reports that 1,200 of its soldiers and civilians were killed during the archetypal onslaught connected October 7. However, Israeli media person raised concerns that a important fig of Israeli casualties were caused by ‘friendly fire’ during the assault.

Women and Children

Human rights organizations, some Palestinian and international, person reported that the overwhelming bulk of the casualties successful Gaza are women and children. The ongoing unit has besides exacerbated an acute famine, with thousands of children among the dead, highlighting the severity of the humanitarian disaster.

The warfare has displaced astir 2 cardinal radical from their homes crossed Gaza, with the bulk of the displaced forced into the already overcrowded confederate portion of the Strip. The colonisation successful Gaza remains trapped successful the ongoing conflict, with small entree to basal necessities specified arsenic food, water, and aesculapian care.

(The Palestine Chronicle)