Israeli forces refuse to allow Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital to reopen

The Israeli military announced on Sunday that it would not allow the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to resume operations following a raid by Israeli forces.

On Friday, Israeli forces stormed the hospital and forcibly emptied it of patients and medical staff, arresting over 240 people, including the hospital’s director, Dr  Hussam Abu Safiyeh, who remains under Israeli arrest.

Several medical staff were burned alive in fires set off during Israel's raid, and patients and medics were stripped down before being forced out of the hospital on foot.

All activities will reportedly be transferred to the nearby Indonesian Hospital, the Israeli military stated, which has effectively become the only major functioning hospital north of Gaza City.