The occupation targeted the Kuwaiti field hospital in Khan Yunis

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip strongly condemned the Israeli occupation’s targeting of the Kuwaiti field hospital “Shifa Palestine” in Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip, stressing that “the occupation’s crimes against medical facilities will not stop as long as there is no firm stance from international and humanitarian institutions.”

In a press statement issued Tuesday and received by Quds Press, the ministry said that targeting the hospital confirms the occupation’s intention to inflict the greatest possible damage to the health services system and poses a direct threat to the treatment of the wounded and sick, even while they are in hospital beds.

The ministry renewed its appeal to all relevant international bodies to provide urgent protection for hospitals and medical personnel.

Medical sources reported that one staff member working at the Kuwaiti specialized hospital “Shifa Palestine” was killed and nine other medical personnel and patients were injured as a result of Israeli aircraft targeting the hospital’s northern gate.

Dr. Marwan al-Hams, director of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip, warned of the worsening humanitarian and health catastrophe in the Strip, stressing that the health system is facing complete collapse and that the occupation is not sparing any hospital from its relentless bombardment, amid the ongoing war of genocide and the stifling blockade.

Al-Hams explained in press statements on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation does not exempt any medical facility from targeting, adding: “This morning, the occupation targeted the northern gate of the Kuwait Specialized Hospital, despite it being recognized by the World Health Organization as a field hospital, in clear violation of international laws and humanitarian agreements.” Al-Hams added that hospitals are no longer able to accommodate any more wounded and injured due to the ongoing airstrikes and heavy shelling.

He noted that the reception and intensive care units are completely full, forcing medical staff to resort to a preferential treatment system, whereby those whose lives can be saved are selected and others are left behind. He described this as one of the harshest decisions medical staff are forced to make due to the reality of the occupation.