Gaza hospitals in chaos as Israeli bombardment continues in territory

(Lauren Taylor | Anchor)
GAZA’S HOSPITALS IN CHAOS –
AS ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES IN THE TERRITORY –
SINCE THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH.

HOSPITALS IN GAZA ARE RUNNING OUT OF SUPPLIES LIKE MEDICINE, FOOD AND WATER.

THE AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL –
THE LARGEST IN THE GAZA STRIP – IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AS A HOSPITAL – ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CHIEF.

AL-SHIFA HAS BEEN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND FOOD FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS.

DOCTORS THERE SAY NEARLY 700 PATIENTS ARE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.
OVER THE WEEKEND – THE HOSPITAL LOST POWER – AND THE HAMAS RUN GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS – THREE NEWBORNS DIED AS A RESULT ANOTHER 36 BABIES HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF INCUBATORS AND WILL LIKELY TO DIE.

(MAI AL-KAILA / PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HEALTH MINISTER)

“We are asking immediately for the intervention of the international community and the United Nations to intervene, because what is being done right now against the hospitals and the medical staff in Gaza Strip is against international law and international humanitarian law against the Geneva Convention, the third and the fourth Geneva Convention and against the Security Council and its decision.”

Lauren Taylor:

ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES POSTED A VIDEO ON X –
DEPICTING ISRAELI SOLDIERS ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER 300 LITERS OF FUEL TO THE AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL – HOWEVER, IDF OFFICIALS CLAIM HAMAS MILITANTS FORBADE THE HOSPITAL FROM ACCEPTING THE FUEL.

ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY – HAMAS TERRORISTS HAVE BUILT A VAST COMMAND COMPLEX UNDER THE HOSPITAL – AND THEY’RE USING THEIR OWN PEOPLE AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER -BENJAMIN NETANYAHU- APPEARED ON CNN SUNDAY SAYING ISRAELI FORCES CREATED A SAFE ROUTE FOR PATIENTS AND OTHER PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL AND NORTHERN GAZA – AND HEAD SOUTH OF GAZA CITY.

(BENJAMIN NETANYAHU / ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER)
“We have designated routes to a safe zone south of gaza city where there’s no fighting, and we’re telling them, go ahead, move. By the way, 70,000 have moved three days ago, I think 50,000 moved yesterday. More will move today. We want all the civilians to be moved out of harm’s way. Hamas is doing everything in their power to keep them in harm’s way.”

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CHIEF POSTED ON “X” –
SAYING THE SITUATION AT AL-SHIFA IS DIRE AND PERILOUS WRITING: “THE WORLD CANNOT STAND SILENT WHILE HOSPITALS, WHICH SHOULD BE SAFE HAVENS, ARE TRANSFORMED INTO SCENES OF DEATH, DEVASTATION, AND DESPAIR. CEASE FIRE. NOW.”

BUT ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES SAY – THERE WILL BE NO CEASEFIRE WITHOUT HAMAS RELEASING THEIR HOSTAGES.

ACCORDING TO THE I-D-F –
HAMAS IS HOLDING 239 HOSTAGES CAPTIVE IN THEIR POSSESSION –
AND IT’S UNCLEAR HOW MANY HOSTAGES ARE STILL ALIVE.

(BENJAMIN NETANYAHU / ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER)
“I said we’re going to pursue the battle to destroy Hamas to its end. But I also said the only cease-fire that we would consider is one in which we have our hostages released. That remains true. It doesn’t mean we can’t give humanitarian pause for a few hours in a place, a specific time and place where we want to have a humanitarian corridor and have the people leave safely.”

Lauren Taylor:
NOW — THE EUROPEAN UNION IS CALLING FOR “MEANINGFUL” PAUSES IN GAZA FIGHTING.
NETANYAHU HAS SAID – ISRAELI FORCES AGREED TO PAUSE AIRSTRIKES IN CERTAIN AREAS — DURING A LIMITED TIME AS THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS ATTEMPT TO FLEE.