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Israel-Hamas battles create havoc in Gaza hospitals

12 November 2023
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2023-11-12 16:21

Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza's hospitals on Sunday, with medics and aid workers warning patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle. Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is "totally surrounded and bombardments are going on nearby", said the hospital's director.
Doctors Without Borders surgeon Mohammed Obeid said there was no water, power, food, or internet for about 600 post-operative patients, nearly 40 babies and 17 people in intensive care. Two babies died in the Al-Shifa neonatal unit after power to their incubators was cut off and a man also died when his ventilator shut down, the surgeon posted on social media.

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