The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, has issued a desperate plea against an Israeli military order to evacuate, warning that it puts children’s lives at severe risk. The hospital's intensive care unit is already treating more children than it was designed for, with all cases being critical and reliant on oxygen. Dr. Abu Safiya emphasized that there is no other facility in the Gaza Strip that can accommodate the number of patients dependent on ventilators if they were to evacuate.
Since Sunday, the Israeli military has issued evacuation orders for large areas in northern Gaza, including Beit Hanoun, Jabalya, and Beit Lahia, citing the need to combat efforts by Hamas to rebuild its capabilities in the area. Kamal Adwan Hospital, along with Al-Awda and the Indonesian Hospital, have been ordered to evacuate, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
