ISRAELI forces have surrounded al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in southern Gaza, while in the north, soldiers are continuing a deadly, week-long raid on al-Shifa medical complex.
A large force of troops and vehicles suddenly besieged the hospitals on Sunday.
“Dozens of Israeli armored vehicles are currently surrounding Al-Amal Hospital, engaging in extensive excavation work in its vicinity,” the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Sunday.
PRCS added that its teams were in extreme danger and were unable to move. They also said they were unable to bury the body of one of their workers, Amir Abu Eisha, who was killed by Israeli gunfire near the Al-Amal hospital courtyard on Saturday evening.
Thousands of displaced are sheltering in Al-Amal Hospital and other hospitals in Gaza. PRCS reported head injuries to one of the displaced in the southern Gaza hospital on Sunday. Drones with loudspeakers demanded all those present inside to exit the hospital without their clothes, it said, adding that smoke bombs are being launched at the hospital and that troops are sealing off the facility with dirt mounds.
“Aerial bombardment concentrated south and east of the Nasser Medical Complex, as well as in neighboring Batn as-Samin area. Continuous artillery shelling relentlessly struck these regions, complemented by gunfire from helicopters and drones,” eyewitnesses told WAFA news agency, adding that several people have been killed and injured.
Israel continued heavy bombardment across Khan Yunis on 24 March following incessant airstrikes on the city the day prior.
In Rafah, where over 1.4 million displaced Palestinians are trapped, an Israeli air strike on a house killed seven people, health officials said.
