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Indonesian medics evacuated amid Israeli attack on northern Gaza hospital
Six Indonesian medical personnel working at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have evacuated safely to Central Gaza, where they resume their humanitarian mission at the Public Aid Hospital.
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Critical care: Victims are treated inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip following Israeli strikes around the medical complex on Dec. 6, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group continues. (AFP/-)
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ndonesian volunteers who were providing medical assistance in a humanitarian mission in a hospital in northern Gaza Strip have been taken to safety following a recent assault by the Israeli military in and around the medical facility, the Foreign Ministry reports.
On Friday, Israel launched deadly air strikes and “direct fire” around Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza, according to the strip’s civil defense agency as reported by AFP. Soldiers of the Israeli Army also reportedly stormed into one of the last functioning hospitals in the war-torn area and ordered all medical personnel to leave the facility; a claim later denied by the military.
Among the medical personnel were six Indonesians from the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) volunteering to treat patients at Kamal Adwan.
A video uploaded to the organization’s Instagram account on Friday showed them leaving the hospital and heading to Salah Al-Din Road, the main highway in the Gaza Strip, on foot along with dozens of patients. They were later picked up by an ambulance operated by Gaza’s health authorities.
The Foreign Ministry’s citizen protection director Judha Nugraha confirmed that the six Indonesian medics had successfully evacuated to Gaza City, where they resumed their humanitarian mission at the Public Aid Hospital in the vicinity.
“The Foreign Ministry continues to coordinate with MER-C regarding the whereabouts and safety of Indonesian medical personnel in Gaza,” Judha said, adding that the Indonesian embassy in Amman, Jordan, also monitored the volunteers’ condition.
Gaza’s civil defense agency reported that at least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded during Friday’s shelling by the Israeli military in North Gaza, including in the area around Kamal Adwan, AFP reported.
