The Al-Quds Hospital is a hospital located in the
Tel al-Hawa area of
Gaza City
Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...
, in the
Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The I ...
. It is the second largest hospital in Gaza.
History
The hospital was damaged by Israeli forces in 2009, during the
Gaza war of 2008-2009.
The hospital was damaged again as part of the
2023 Gaza war. On 11 November, fighting was reported at the hospital. The
Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli tanks approached the hospital, and began firing upon it.
They reported that about 14,000 displaced people were sheltering inside of it at the time of the fighting.
website
All Israel News reported that a
Hamas
Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...
battalion operating from the hospital ambushed
IDF
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Defence forces
* Irish Defence Forces
* Israel Defense Forces
*Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006
* Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917
Organizations
* Israeli Diving Federation
* Interac ...
troops; saying that 21 militants were killed whereas the Israelis suffered no casualties.
The clash was filmed by a drone scrambled from nearby.
In the early morning of 12 November, an Israeli attack hit near the hospital and damaged it. Later that day, the Palestine Red Crescent Society announced that the hospital had ran out of fuel and ceased treating patients. 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.
See also
*
List of hospitals in the State of Palestine
*
The Red Crescent Society, Jerusalem runs a teaching hospital at
Al-Quds University
Al-Quds University ( ar, جامعة القدس) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, al-Bireh, and Hebron.
Overview
The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was con ...
.
References
Hospitals in Gaza City
2001 establishments in the Palestinian territories
Shuja'iyya
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