Israelâs army fired four âwarningâ missiles at the roof of El-Wafa rehabilitation hospital in Gaza City, Gaza. International volunteers now staying in the hospital in solidarity, have said they, âcan hear missiles falling close byâ.
âThe civilian population of Gaza is being bombed. We will stay with them in solidarity until the international community and our governments take action to stop Israelâs crimes against humanity.â states Swedish International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist, Fred Ekblad.
The volunteers are citizens of USA, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, France, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The first barrage of missiles hit the fourth floor of the hospital at 2:00AM.
At approximately 17:00 a fifth missile hit the fourth floor of the hospital.
âWindows and doors were blown out, broken glass everywhere, damage to the stairs, thereâs a big hole at the impact area and the wall is burnt,â reports Joe Catron, ISM activist, from the U.S.
At around 20:00 Basman Alashi, executive director of the hospital, received an unidentified call from a person with a, âheavy Israeli accentâ, asking if there were any injuries, whether there was any one in the top floor, and whether they were planning to evacuate the hospital.
Alashi says the hospital will not be evacuated because there is nowhere to evacuate the patients too. âEl-Wafa hospital serves the patients that need medical attention 24 hours a day. Including patients that canât move, or people who need to be fed by tube. This hospital is the only one in Gaza specializing in the rehabilitation of people who need physical and occupational therapy. Some of our patients are over 60 years old, men and women. We donât understand why the Israeli forces have fired five rockets at the hospital in the last 24 hours so far. We serve humanity.â
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