After the bombing of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, concerns for the sick trapped inside

On Saturday, February 17, concern grew for patients stuck at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younes in the Gaza Strip, attacked by the Israeli military, whose sustained bombardment of the Palestinian territory left dozens dead overnight, according to the Ministry of Health, Gaza Strip, by Hamas. managed.

A new report from the ministry on Saturday said six patients, including a child, have died since Friday due to a power cut due to the cessation of oxygen distribution following an attack by Israeli soldiers on Nasser Hospital.

“Risk of Neonatal Death in Next Hours”, the ministry added, reporting that almost a hundred people were killed overnight by Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip. According to him, five doctors caring for one hundred and twenty patients are still in a building at Nasser Hospital without electricity, water, food or oxygen.

The medical staff has been detained

Israeli forces “Many medical personnel, patients and displaced persons are still detained in the maternity ward and subjected to interrogation in inhumane conditions”he added.

On Friday evening, the Israeli army announced on its Telegram account that it had found and seized mortar shells, grenades and other weapons linked to Hamas. “Ten” Suspects at the hospital, incl “More than 20 terrorists participated in the October 7 massacre (2023) ».

Israel’s army said on Friday that its troops had found medicine at Nasser Hospital with the names of the hostages written on it. She also said she repaired the hospital’s generator, which she denied targeting, and installed a second, emergency one. Doctors described an intolerable situation at the hospital, located in a war-torn and transformed city where thousands of displaced people have taken refuge.

Hamas has threatened to leave the ceasefire talks

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that its employees have “had to flee leaving the sick behind”. “The situation was chaotic, catastrophic”, Christopher Lockyer, MSF’s secretary general, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Nasser Hospital, one of eleven out of thirty-six open in the pre-war Gaza Strip, is now. “barely functional”. “More hospital damage means more lives lost”WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic announced during a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, demanding immediate access to the hospital complex from WHO.

Meanwhile, the international community is stepping up its calls to prevent Israel from launching an offensive in the crowded city of Rafah, where nearly one and a half million civilians are trapped against the closed border with Egypt. The European Union announced itself on Friday “very concerned” From this perspective, and urged Israel “Do not take military action in Rafah that will worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation”.

Hamas threatened Saturday evening to walk away from ceasefire talks if additional aid is not delivered quickly to the Gaza Strip in the drought-prone north. “There can be no negotiations until the Palestinian people are hungry. The movement intends to suspend negotiations until aid is delivered to northern Gaza”One said “leader” In a press release broadcast by Hamas’ al-Aqsa, the movement’s channel.

Asked by AFP, a senior Palestinian Islamic Movement official, requesting anonymity, confirmed “That Egyptian and Qatari mediators were informed of Hamas’ intention to suspend negotiations until aid was delivered to the Gaza Strip, including the north”.. Qatar’s Prime Minister confirmed on Saturday that “Negotiate (they weren’t) Not very promising ».