Israel Targets Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital With Drones

ILLUSTRATION/Gaza/DOK UN

JAKARTA - The Israeli military is targeting the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip using a drone, Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday (7/1).

"Israeli occupation terrorized patients and medical staff at the facility with drone attacks," the Ministry of Health said in a statement quoted by ANTARA from Anadolu, Monday, January 8.

"Drone Israel continues to fire on buildings and hospital areas, targeting anyone moving," he said.

It was stated that the injured victims and patients escaped from the hospital as a result of the attack.

Israel's efforts to stop services at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital are like the death penalty for the thousands of injured and patients in it, the Ministry of Health said.

Meanwhile, the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders on Saturday (6/1) night announced its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including Al-Aqsa Hospital, in the face of an escalation of Israeli attacks.

Israel continued to attack Gaza after a cross-border attack launched by Palestinian resistance group Hamas, on October 7, which killed at least 22,800 Palestinians and injured more than 58,400 others.

Meanwhile, nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have died in Hamas attacks.

Israel's intense attacks have caused destruction in Gaza. About 60 percent of the infrastructure there was damaged or destroyed and nearly two million residents fled amid the food crisis, clean water, and medicines.