"There Are Bodies Littered In The Hospital Complex"; 179 Bodies In A Mass Grave In Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital
Al Shifa hospital has buried bodies of 179 Palestinians in a mass grave today. The people who got buried in the mass grave included seven babies and 29 patients from intensive care unit. The hospital director said on Tuesday, “we were forced to bury them in a mass grave”. “there are bodies littered in the hospital complex”, says a report.
Journalists and hospital attendants and surgeons reports about the lack of basic necessities and the how the hospital corridor was filled with the stench of decomposing bodies. “we don’t have electricity. There is no water. There is no food”.
Gaza: there can be no justification for acts of war in healthcare facilities leaving them with no power, food or water says @UNReliefChief @ochaopt @UNRWA
“This is unconscionable, reprehensible & must stop”🔽https://t.co/mWBeuTN1Tx— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) November 11, 2023
The hospital was cut off from the world and was blockaded by Israeli tanks. The occupation force claims it to be Hamas headquarters, which was denied my Hamas resistance group and Gaza health officials. The current situation in the hospital is extremely grim and harrowing. The health professionals from the hospital said World Health Organisation that the situation is “dire and perilous” and the “hospital is not functioning as a hospital anymore”.
.@WHO has managed to get in touch with health professionals at the Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza.
The situation is dire and perilous.
It”s been 3 days without electricity, without water and with very poor internet which has severely impacted our ability to provide essential…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) November 12, 2023
The hospital has been shelter to thousands who have been displaced since October 7th. As per report from United Nations, more than 10,000 which included sick, wounded, staffs and displaced people are trapped inside the hospital due to the fierce bombing going on.
Paediatric doctor, Mohammed Tabasha told Reuters that, “yesterday I had 39 babies…today 36. I cannot say how long they can last. I can lost another two babies today…or in an hour”.
Doctor Ahmed Al Mokhallalati and Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra told that there are more than 100 dead bodies in the hospital that has started to decompose. Mr. Qudra said that due to the lack of power and fuel, more than 32 patients including three new born babies lost their lives in last three days.
Mr. Qudra said that they are ready to move the babies “even to the occupation hospitals”, but the besieged battle ground has no way to do so. “we have no objection to have the babies moved to any hospital, in Egypt, the West Bank or even to the occupation hospitals. What we care most is about the well-being and the lives of those babies”.
