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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza, Emma Graham-Harrison and Jason Burke

‘Catastrophic situation’ at children’s hospital as Israel renews Gaza attacks

People pull a person on a hospital bed as they evacuate
People evacuate Kamal Adwan hospital after an Israeli strike earlier this year. Photograph: Osama Abu Rabee/Reuters

The director of the only major hospital in the northern Gaza Strip now offering specialised care for children has described a “catastrophic situation” as Israeli forces launched new ground assaults and airstrikes in the north and centre of the territory.

Dr Husam Abu Safiyeh, the director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, said it had not been possible to comply with an Israeli army order to evacuate all patients within 24 hours.

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