Indonesia Hospital ( ar, المستشفى الإندونيسي, translit=al-Mustashfá al-Indūnīsī, id, Rumah Sakit Indonesia) was a hospital located in Bait Lahia,
North Gaza Governorate
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,
Gaza Strip
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operating theater
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s, and a 10-bed
intensive care unit
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. The hospital had 400 staff members employed by the
Construction of the hospital began in 2011 on 16,000 square meters of land donated by the government of Gaza. The project cost IDR 126 billion and was funded by donations from
Indonesian people
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and organizations such as the
Indonesian Red Cross Society
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and Muhammadiyah, collected through the Indonesian humanitarian organization Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C). Then-Indonesian
Vice-president
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Jusuf Kalla inaugurated the hospital on 9 January 2016.
IDF
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completely surrounded and besieged the hospital. Israel claims that Hamas fighters were using the hospital for military purposes, although this is disputed. As of December 2023, the occupied building was later turned into an IDF military base.
The Indonesian Foreign Minister
Retno Marsudi
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issued the "harshest of condemnations" after the assault. She declared this during a
diplomatic visit
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ceasefire
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on moral grounds.
Al Jazeera reported that on Friday, 24 November, Israeli forces attacked the hospital, leaving much of it damaged. A Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson and other reports said the patients and personnel were then evacuated.
See also
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List of hospitals in the State of Palestine
This is a list of hospitals in the State of Palestine.
Hospitals in Palestine Hospitals in East Jerusalem
* Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem: 164 beds; Al-Quds University teaching hospital
* Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, 250 beds (Al-Qu ...