Hamas calls for UN observers to enter Gaza, protect hospitals

A view of the damage caused to some parts of the hospital after the Israeli army targeted the Al-Wafa Hospital, a rehabilitation center for the elderly in Al-Zahra, 10 kilometers south of Gaza City, Gaza on December 29, 2024. [Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency]

Hamas has called on the United Nations to immediately intervene to protect the remaining medical facilities in Gaza from Israel’s ongoing targeting of health infrastructure and medical staff, Quds Press reported.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Hamas decried the Israeli air strike on Al-Wafa Hospital and the artillery shelling of the Baptist Hospital in central Gaza City as a “war crime” and violations of international laws.

It also denounced the international community’s silence about “unprecedented crimes”, genocide, systematic destruction of all civilian facilities, especially hospitals and the targeting of doctors and medical personnel in the Strip.

“We reiterate our call on the United Nations and its institutions to take immediate action to stop these crimes, send UN observers, impose protection for hospitals and medical centres, and hold this rogue entity [Israel] and its war criminal leaders accountable,” it added.

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