Israeli airstrikes targeted, before dawn on Sunday, the Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, in the northern besieged Gaza Strip, after forcing patients and staff to evacuate.
WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at the Baptist Hospital, causing severe damage to the reception building, leading to fires in the reception area, the Emergency department, the laboratory, and the pharmacy.
Eyewitnesses stated that minutes before the airstrike, the occupation army issued a threat that they would target the hospital, forcing patients and staff to evacuate.
Sources added that as a result of the Israeli attack, the Baptist hospital has been rendered out of service, while the entire health sector is near collapse.
For its part, the Palestinian Health Ministry denounced the Israeli bombing of the Baptist Hospital, and urged all international institutions to intervene to protect Gaza’s health sector, and to halt the ongoing violations against health facilities.
The Arab 48 News website reported that an injured Palestinian child died before dawn on Sunday, while evacuating the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced that the Israeli occupation is operating with American cover and complicity, stating that “This brutal crime confirms once again that we are facing a criminal entity that has violated all laws, regulations, and human norms.”
Hamas called the attack “a new war crime committed by its fascist army,” holding the United States fully responsible for Israel’s brutal attack against the Baptist Hospital.
اللحظات الأولى لاستهداف جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مستشفى المعمداني في مدينة غزة#حرب_غزة #الأخبار pic.twitter.com/tAoEmhcwYv
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) April 13, 2025
مشاهد توثق قصف الاحتلال لمستشفى المعمداني بمدينة غزة وهو المستشفى الوحيد في شمال القطاع .. جريمة وراء جريمة يرتكبها الاحتلال المجرم pic.twitter.com/sUVuLsVqdi
— Tamer Almisshal | تامر المسحال (@TamerMisshal) April 13, 2025
