The Israeli army evacuated a hospital in northern Gaza

Hospital Indonesia is one of the few hospitals in the coastal enclave that is still partially functioning, located in the northern part of Gaza, an area that has been under intense pressure from the Israeli army for almost three months. Israel claims that its operations around the three communities surrounding the hospital in the north of the enclave, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanun and Dzcaronabalia, are directed against Hamas militants.

Palestinians accuse Israel of seeking to permanently reduce the population of northern Gaza in order to create a buffer zone, which Tel Aviv denies.

Munir al-Bursh, head of the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, said the Israeli army ordered hospital officials to evacuate on Monday before storming the building in the early hours of Tuesday morning and forcing those inside. found that they were leaving her.

He added that two other health facilities in the north of Gaza, al-Avda and Kamal Advan hospitals, are also frequent targets of Israeli attacks.

In the meantime, Israeli shelling continued elsewhere in the enclave, and medics said at least nine Palestinians, including members of the emergency services, were killed in four separate military strikes on Tuesday.

The war in Gaza was caused by a Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped, according to Israeli data.

Israel’s campaign against Hamas has since led to the deaths of more than 45,200 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave. Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants have been displaced, and a large part of the enclave has been destroyed.