![A view of the destruction at Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, built by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) between the years 2011-2017 in Gaza City, Gaza on January 28, 2025. [Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AA-20250129-36893808-36893779-THE_DESTRUCTION_IN_TURKISHPALESTINIAN_FRIENDSHIP_HOSPITAL_IN_GAZA-1-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Israeli occupation forces blew up the Turkish Friendship Hospital in central Gaza today.
In the latest attack on the Strip’s healthcare system, Gaza’s only cancer treatment centre was blown up because Israel claimed Hamas had turned it into “terror infrastructure”. It provided no proof for its claims.
Footage circulating online appears to show a controlled demolition of the hospital, rather than an air strike.
Israel has decimated Gaza’s medical facilities and destroyed a number of hospitals. Human rights groups and UN experts have warned that this forms part of its genocidal policies, through which it seeks to force Palestinians out of the enclave.
The occupation state returned to bombing Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday morning, killing more than 700 Palestinians since. It also dropped leaflets over the Strip promising genocide, stating: “The world map will not change if all of Gaza’s people vanish. No one will care, no one will ask about you.”
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