Israeli Occupation Attacks Kuwait Specialty Hospital In Rafah


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) GAZA, June 7 (KUNA) -The Israeli Occupation forces have attacked the Kuwait Specialty Hospital, in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, setting large parts of it on fire.
In a press statement, Director of the Kuwaiti Hospital Dr. Suhaib Al-Hams condemned occupiers systematic targeting of hospitals in the Gaza Strip and putting them out of service.
He described that the health situation in Rafah as extremely catastrophic after all Rafah hospitals were put out of service due to the Israeli assault.
He noted that dozens of dead bodies and injured people are scattered in the streets of the Rafah Governorate as the Israeli occupation forces prevent medical teams from reaching them.
Al-Hams called on international health institutions to stand up to their responsibilities and urgently stop the shedding of Palestinian blood and the ongoing Israeli war of genocide against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation forces repeated attacks on the Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Rafah, one of a few places offering medical care for over 1.2 million people in the southern Gaza Strip city, forced it to shut down on May 27.
In defiance to all international calls and the International Court of Justice demand, the Israeli Occupation forces continue and expanding their ground and air attack on the densely-populated city of Rafah since May 6th.
During their ongoing offensive, the Israeli forces carried out dozens of brutal massacres killing hundreds and injuring thousands of civilians and displaced people in city. (end)
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