GAZA, December 6, 2024 (WAFA) - Medical sources reported on Friday that the situation inside and around Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in the northern war-torn Gaza Strip, has reached catastrophic levels. The hospital is overwhelmed with casualties, including four medical staff members who have been killed.

With only two inexperienced surgeons remaining to perform surgeries, they were forced to operate on 20 severely injured patients despite their lack of expertise, said a source at the scene.

The Indonesian medical team; the only medical staff left to perform surgeries, was forced to leave and head towards a checkpoint. With medical supplies nearly depleted, hundreds of injured individuals still await treatment.

According to the sources, the Indonesian medical team was the first to be forced to leave the hospital.

A source working inside Kamal Adwan Hospital said Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northern and western sides of the facility, accompanied by heavy and direct gunfire. Soon after, two individuals entered the hospital with a loudspeaker and ordered the evacuation of all patients, displaced people and medical staff. They forcibly gathered everyone in the hospital yard and demanded their removal to a nearby checkpoint. The soldiers later returned, instructing that one companion per patient or displaced person be allowed to assist with the evacuation.

The source described the scene as shocking, noting the presence of hundreds of bodies and wounded individuals on the streets near Kamal Adwan Hospital. The source warned that the overall situation in northern Gaza, particularly around the hospital, was catastrophic.

Israeli forces struck the oxygen generators at Kamal Adwan Hospital last night, worsening an already critical situation. According to another source, medical services in northern Gaza have collapsed under the weight of continuous attacks.

The source further reported that Israeli forces are continuing to target Kamal Adwan Hospital and its surrounding area with drone strikes, severely affecting the already strained healthcare system in the Strip in blatant disregard of international laws and conventions.

The source confirmed that the situation in southern and central Gaza is equally critical.

T.R.