Takeaways from AP's report on three hospitals in northern Gaza raided by Israeli troops

JERUSALEM -- One of nan astir startling aspects of Israel’s run against Hamas successful Gaza has been nan demolition wreaked connected nan territory’s wellness sector. Over nan past 13 months, nan Israeli subject has besieged and raided astatine slightest 10 hospitals, saying nan attacks are a subject necessity because Hamas uses nan accommodation arsenic bid and power bases.

The Associated Press examined nan raids precocious past twelvemonth connected 3 hospitals successful bluish Gaza — al-Awda, Indonesian and Kamal Adwan hospitals — interviewing much than 3 twelve patients, witnesses and aesculapian and humanitarian workers arsenic good arsenic Israeli officials.

Israel has presented small aliases moreover nary grounds of a important Hamas beingness astatine nan three. The AP presented a dossier listing nan incidents reported by those it interviewed to nan Israeli subject spokesman’s office. The agency said it could not remark connected circumstantial events. All 3 hospitals person travel nether occurrence aliases been raided again successful caller weeks.

Today location are nary afloat functional hospitals successful each of Gaza – conscionable 16 retired of 39 hospitals are partially operational, according to nan World Health Organization, astir offering small much than first aid. Israeli attacks successful and astir aesculapian sites person killed 765 Palestinians and wounded 990 others, WHO says. That number doesn’t see patients who doctors opportunity died for deficiency of curen aliases oxygen during Israeli sieges, whose number is not known.

Here is immoderate of what nan AP found:

—The Israeli subject has ne'er made immoderate claims of a Hamas beingness astatine al-Awda Hospital. When asked what intelligence led troops to besiege and ambush nan infirmary past year, nan subject spokesman’s agency did not reply.

—As fighting raged astir nan hospital, a ammunition blasted its operating room connected Nov. 21, sidesplitting 3 doctors and a comparative of a patient, according to world kindness Doctors Without Borders.

—After troops surrounded nan facility, unit said approaching nan infirmary could beryllium deadly because of Israeli sniper fire. Three infirmary administrators said 2 pregnant women stepping to nan installation to springiness commencement were changeable connected Dec. 12 and bled to decease successful nan street. Medics told of recovering their bodies later.

—Mohammed Salha, an administrator astatine nan clip who is now nan hospital’s acting director, said that nan adjacent time he watched gunfire termination his relative and her 6-year-old boy arsenic she brought nan boy for curen of wounds. Another pregnant woman, Shaza al-Shuraim, described stepping to nan infirmary while successful labor, accompanied by her mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Even arsenic they waved achromatic flags, a burst of gunfire killed her mother-in-law.

—The hospital’s director, Ahmed Muhanna, was seized by Israeli troops aft they stormed nan facility. His whereabouts stay unknown. One of Gaza’s starring doctors, orthopedist Adnan al-Bursh, was besides detained during nan ambush and died successful Israeli custody successful May.

—The Indonesian Hospital is nan largest infirmary northbound of Gaza City. Before raiding nan site, Israel claimed an underground Hamas command-and-control halfway laic underneath it. It released blurry outer images of what it said was a passageway entranceway successful nan gait and a rocket launchpad nearby, extracurricular nan infirmary compound.

—After its ambush precocious past year, nan subject did not mention aliases show immoderate grounds of an underground installation aliases tunnels. Asked if immoderate tunnels were found, nan subject spokesman’s agency did not reply.

—The subject released images of 2 vehicles recovered successful nan compound — a pickup motortruck pinch subject vests and a bloodstained car belonging to an abducted Israeli, suggesting he had been brought to nan infirmary connected Oct. 7. Hamas has said it brought wounded hostages to hospitals for treatment.

—Despite continued Israeli suggestions that hospitals are linked to Hamas passageway networks, nan subject has shown only a azygous passageway from each hospitals it raided — 1 accessing Shifa Hospital successful Gaza City.

—The Israeli battle successful November and December near Indonesian’s apical floors charred, its walls pockmarked by shrapnel, its gates strewn pinch piled-up rubble.

—As Israeli troops surrounded nan hospital, shelling deed its 2nd level connected Nov. 20, sidesplitting 12 group and wounding dozens, according to staff. Israel said troops responded to “enemy fire” from nan infirmary but denied utilizing shells.

—During nan siege, doctors and medics estimated a 5th of incoming patients died. At slightest 60 corpses laic successful nan courtyard. With fewer supplies, doctors said they performed dozens of amputations connected infected limbs that could not beryllium treated.

—While Israeli troops surrounded Kamal Adwan successful November, astatine slightest 10 patients died for deficiency of water, oxygen and medicine, according to Hossam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician who aft nan siege became nan hospital’s director.

—As they stormed nan infirmary connected Dec 12, troops allowed constabulary dogs to onslaught staff, patients and others, aggregate witnesses said. Ahmed Atbail, a 36-year-old sheltering astatine nan hospital, said he saw a canine wound disconnected 1 man’s finger. The Israeli subject said it was unaware of nan incident.

—Witnesses said nan troops ordered boys and men from their mid-teens to 60 to statement up extracurricular crouched successful nan cold, blindfolded and astir naked for hours of interrogation. After releasing some, it opened occurrence connected them arsenic they walked backmost into nan hospital, wounding five, 3 witnesses said.

—Three witnesses said an Israeli subject bulldozer plowed into buildings successful nan infirmary compound and crushed tents that had been sheltering displaced people. Most had evacuated, but Abu Safiya said he recovered nan bodies of 4 group who had been crushed.

—Asked astir nan incident, nan Israeli subject spokesman’s agency said bodies were discovered that had been buried previously, unrelated to nan military’s activities.

—The subject said Hamas utilized nan infirmary arsenic a bid halfway but produced nary evidence. It said soldiers uncovered weapons but showed footage only of a azygous pistol.

—The subject said it arrested dozens of suspected militants, including nan infirmary head Dr. Ahmed al-Kahlout. The subject released footage of him nether interrogation saying he was a Hamas supplier and that militants were based successful nan hospital. His colleagues said he said nether duress.