Indonesia Hospital
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{{Short description|Hospital in the Gaza Strip, Palestine}}
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| location = Bait Lahia, Gaza Strip
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Indonesia Hospital ({{langx|ar|المستشفى الإندونيسي|translit=al-Mustashfá al-Indūnīsī}}, {{langx|id|Rumah Sakit Indonesia}}) is a hospital located in Bait Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip.
Facilities
The hospital has 100 ward beds, 4 operating theaters, and a 10-bed intensive care unit.{{Cite news |date=2016-01-06 |title=Gaza Strip gets first new hospital in a decade, two more due this year |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/palestinians-gaza-idUSL8N14O29L20160106 |access-date=2023-10-10}} The hospital had 400 staff members employed by the Health Minister of the Gaza Strip, and several volunteers from Indonesia.
History
=Construction=
Construction of the hospital began in 2011 on 16,000 square meters of land donated by the government of Gaza.{{Cite web |last=Benamara |first=Nadia |title=Indonesia Hospital saves lives in Gaza - OPEC Fund for International Development |url=https://opecfund.org/news/indonesia-hospital-saves-lives-in-gaza |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=The OPEC Fund for International Development |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-04-11 |title=Indonesia Hospital Opens in Gaza Strip |url=https://www.hospimedica.com/hospital-news/articles/294763643/indonesia-hospital-opens-in-gaza-strip.html |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Hospimedica.com}} The project cost IDR 126 billion and was funded by donations from Indonesian people and organizations such as the Indonesian Red Cross Society and Muhammadiyah, collected through the Indonesian humanitarian organization Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C).{{Cite web |date=2009-02-04 |title=OPT: RI to build hospital in Gaza - occupied Palestinian territory {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/opt-ri-build-hospital-gaza |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-01-09 |title=Indonesia Hospital in Gaza denotes Indonesians solidarity with Palestinians: VP - Vice President of The Republic of Indonesia |url=https://www.wapresri.go.id/en/rumah-sakit-indonesia-solidaritas-rakyat-indonesia-kepada-palestina/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.wapresri.go.id |language=en-US}} Then-Indonesian Vice-president Jusuf Kalla inaugurated the hospital on 9 January 2016.
= Israeli Invasion of Gaza =
On 20 November 2023, as part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, the IDF completely surrounded and besieged the hospital.{{Cite news |last1=Mahfouz |first1=Heba |last2=Dadouch |first2=Sarah |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Another Gaza hospital caught in fighting, as storms deepen civilian misery |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/20/israel-hamas-gaza-hospitals/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |last=Gritten |first=David |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Israeli tanks surround north Gaza's Indonesian Hospital |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67474549 |access-date=2023-11-20}} That evening, projectiles fired into the second floor killed at least 12 people and destroyed the front entrance. The IDF denied that it was responsible.{{Cite news |last=Sparks |first=John |date=14 November 2024 |title='He was the light of my life and I lost him': How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital |url=https://news.sky.com/story/he-was-the-light-of-my-life-and-i-lost-him-how-a-famous-surgeon-died-in-an-israeli-prison-after-being-taken-from-gaza-hospital-13253157 |access-date=14 November 2024 |work=Sky News}} Israel claims that Hamas fighters were using the hospital for military purposes, although this is disputed.{{cite news |first=Hiba |last=Yazbek |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Deadly Strike Rocks a Hospital in Gaza, Where Few Are Still Working |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/world/middleeast/indonesian-hospital-premature-babies.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=21 November 2023}}{{cite news |date=November 7, 2023 |agency=AFP |title=IDF says Hamas using Indonesian Hospital to hide terror base; Jakarta pushes back |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jakarta-pushes-back-as-idf-says-hamas-using-indonesian-hospital-to-hide-terror-base/ |work=The Times of Israel |access-date=21 November 2023}} As of December 2023, the occupied building was later turned into an IDF military base.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20231220191039-120-1039885/israel-kuasai-rs-indonesia-di-gaza-diubah-jadi-markas-militer-idf|title=Israel Kuasai RS Indonesia di Gaza, Diubah Jadi Markas Militer IDF|website=cnnindonesia.com|access-date=2023-12-21}}
The Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi issued the "harshest of condemnations" after the assault. She declared this during a diplomatic visit to China, who holds the presidency of the UNSC in November 2023, as an effort to push for a ceasefire on moral grounds.{{cite news |date=November 20, 2023 |last1=Tanamal |first1=Yvette |title=Indonesia incensed by Israeli attack on Gaza hospital |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2023/11/21/indonesia-incensed-by-israeli-attack-on-gaza-hospital.html |publisher=The Jakarta Post |access-date=21 November 2023}}
Al Jazeera reported that on Friday, 24 November, Israeli forces attacked the hospital, leaving much of it damaged.{{Cite news |date=November 25, 2023 |title=Gaza's Indonesian Hospital in ruins after Israeli raid, days-long siege |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/25/gazas-indonesian-hospital-in-ruins-after-israeli-raid-days-long-siege |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}} A Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson{{cite web |date=November 25, 2023 |title=Gaza's Indonesian Hospital completely evacuated: Health Ministry |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231125-gazas-indonesian-hospital-completely-evacuated-health-ministry/ |work=Middle East Monitor |access-date=2023-12-21}} and other reports said the patients and personnel were then evacuated.{{cite news |date=November 28, 2023 |first1=Jared |last1=Malsin |first2=Summer |last2=Said |title=Patients, Staff Evacuated From Gaza Hospital |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-2023-11-21/card/patients-staff-evacuated-from-gaza-hospital-0Df4danBO7wUGE642Wm1 |work=Wall Street Journal |access-date=2023-12-21}}{{cite news |date=December 15, 2023 |last=Salim |first=Uni |title=Indonesian Hospital in Gaza Caught in Israel-Hamas Conflict |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/indonesian-hospital-in-gaza-caught-in-israel-hamas-conflict/7399475.html |work=VOA News |access-date=2023-12-21}}
In June 2024, the hospital reopened to patients as the only medical facility in northern Gaza.{{cite web |title=Indonesian hospital reopens: Only medical centre in area lacking fuel |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/video/news/indonesian-hospital-reopens-only-medical-centre-in-area-lacking-fuel/vi-BB1ofyiu#details |website=MSN |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 June 2024}}
In February 2025, an aid worker for Doctors Without Borders wrote that Israeli forces who previously occupied the hospital had smashed every medical care machine "to pieces, one by one, to make sure no medical care could be provided anymore".{{Cite news |date=11 February 2025 |title=Aid worker says medical machines appear to have been ‘deliberately destroyed’ in Gaza hospital – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/11/middle-east-crisis-live-blog-donald-trump-gaza-ceasefire-hostages?page=with:block-67abe2428f08c10b6b80a4bc#block-67abe2428f08c10b6b80a4bc |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}
See also
References
Category:2011 establishments in Palestine
Category:Hospitals established in 2011
Category:Hospitals in Palestine
Category:Beit Lahia in the Israel–Hamas war
Category:Attacks on hospitals during the Israel–Hamas war
Category:Government buildings completed in 2016
Category:Hospitals disestablished in 2023
Category:2023 disestablishments in Palestine