Tag: El-Wafa hospital
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Gaza Ministry of Health: “Al Najar Hospital in Rafah evacuated as Israeli genocidal rampage continues”
1st August 2014 | Gaza Ministry of Health | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The Ministry of Health Gaza announces the closure of Al Najar Hospital in Rafah, due to Israeli shelling in the vicinity compromising its ability to guarantee the safety of patients and staff. The hospital has now been evacuated, bringing to four the number of…
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Israeli military falsifies photograph to justify bombing el-Wafa hospital
23rd July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On the 21st July at 2:17 PM, the IDF spokesperson released an image on twitter showing an aerial picture of a building marked as ‘Al-Wafa’ hospital. In the image there is a red circle, which they designated as the location from which a M75 rocket was…
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El-Wafa hospital staff attempted to retrieve medicine
19th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement| Gaza, Occupied Palestine Hospital staff and international activists, from the U.S., Sweden, and the UK, attempted to travel to the recently bombed el-Wafa hospital, in an attempt to retrieve salvageable medical supplies. When they arrived at the hospital it was, “still smoking from the attack this morning.” Stated U.S. International…
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Israeli military shells Gazan el-Wafa hopsital
18th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Yesterday at 20:40 the Israeli military contacted el-Wafa hospital in Gaza and stated, “Why don’t you care about your family? Why don’t you care about your patients?” The receptionist replied, “Sir, you can’t bomb the hospital. We cannot move the patients.” Several minutes later, two…
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El-Wafa Elderly Nursing Home shelled by the Israeli military
16th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine After a night of heavy shelling in the area, the day is dawning in Gaza. The clock ticks pass 08:00; past the evacuation time the Israeli military gave to el-Wafa hospital the previous evening. The patients were not evacuated; there is nowhere…
