Shifa Hospital in Gaza Faces Challenges in Caring for Injured Patients Following Destruction of Last Fully Operational Hospital by Israel

“Al-Shifa Hospital is currently operating at a capacity that does not exceed 25 per cent,” Mohammad Abu Salmiya told Anadolu.
“Despite its limited capacity, the hospital has become the primary facility receiving the wounded and sick after Israel bombed the Baptist Hospital,” he added.
Al-Shifa Hospital has been largely damaged after a deadly Israeli raid on the facility in March 2024, amid its onslaught in northern Gaza.
Abu Salmiya said there are two other hospitals, Al-Quds Hospital and the Red Crescent Hospital, still operational in southern Gaza.
“Their capacity, however, is limited and cannot absorb the large numbers of wounded and sick people,” he added.
The Israeli army has systematically targeted civilian facilities, including hospitals and schools, during its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army also renewed a deadly assault on Gaza on 18 March, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.
Nearly 51,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.