| Al-Quds Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, State of Palestine |
| Coordinates | 31°30′22″N34°25′50″E / 31.50611°N 34.43056°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General |
The Al-Quds Hospital is a hospital located in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City, in the Palestinian territories. It is the second largest hospital in Gaza. [1]
The hospital was damaged by Israeli forces in 2009, during the Gaza war of 2008-2009. [2]
The hospital was damaged again as part of the 2023 Gaza war. On 11 November, fighting was reported at the hospital. [3] The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli tanks approached the hospital, and began firing upon it. [4] [5] They reported that about 14,000 displaced people were sheltering inside of it at the time of the fighting. [4] [5] Evangelical Christian website All Israel News reported that a Hamas battalion operating from the hospital ambushed IDF troops; saying that 21 militants were killed whereas the Israelis suffered no casualties. [6] The clash was filmed by a drone scrambled from nearby. [6]
In the early morning of 12 November, an Israeli attack hit near the hospital and damaged it. [7] Later that day, the Palestine Red Crescent Society announced that the hospital had ran out of fuel and ceased treating patients. [8] [9] On 13 November, Palestine Red Crescent Society condemned allegations that Hamas was attacking from the hospital saying the video from the drone only showed them in the street outside the hospital. [10]
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Events of the year 2023 in Israel.
Events in 2023 in the Palestinian territories.
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