With the Israeli military starting a “limited” offensive against Hamas on its eastern boundaries on Monday, more than a million Palestinians seeking cover in the southern part of Gaza City run the risk of losing access to medical care, according to news.
Abu Youssef al-Najjar, the largest of the city’s three partially operational hospitals, had to be quickly abandoned the following day due to fighting nearby and staff being given an order to evacuate.
For those suffering from kidney failure, the hospital’s dialysis unit had been the only one to survive in Gaza.
The Israeli assault has cut off access to the nearby European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, where critical patients were being referred for surgery.
