Kamal Adwan Hospital sieges#October and November 2024

Founded in 2002 to treat Palestinians injured in the Second Intifada,{{Cite web |title=Kamal Adwan Hospital {{!}} Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip |url=https://gazahcsector.palestine-studies.org/en/node/79 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Institute for Palestine Studies}} the Kamal Adwan Hospital was named after Fatah leader, Kamal Abdel Hafiz Adwan.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-21 |title=Gaza healthcare crisis: Kamal Adwan Hospital to stop operating in next 24 hours |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-cease-operations-next-24-hours?amp |work=The New Arab}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=Who was Kamal Adwan? |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241101-who-was-kamal-adwan/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Middle East Monitor}} The second largest medical facility in Northern Gaza after the Indonesian Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital frequently experiences shortages of medical supplies and equipment{{Cite news |last=Akram |first=Fares |last2=Barnard |first2=Anne |date=2014-07-20 |title=In Hospitals Across Gaza, Scenes of Chaos and Grief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/world/middleeast/gaza-poorly-equipped-hospitals-before-israeli-military-operation-now-scenes-of-chaos-and-grief.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241226144347/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/world/middleeast/gaza-poorly-equipped-hospitals-before-israeli-military-operation-now-scenes-of-chaos-and-grief.html |archive-date=2024-12-26 |access-date=2025-01-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} due to the blockade of the Gaza Strip and has been damaged in previous wars.{{Cite web |date=2015-08-25 |title=Gaza hospitals face imminent shutdown |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-hospitals-face-possible-imminent-shut-down/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Carey |first=Roane |date=2009-06-02 |title=The Rape of Gaza |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/rape-gaza/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |work=The Nation |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}

The Kamal Adwan Hospital was a site of conflict during the Gaza war following the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Israel's targeting of Kamal Adwan came amidst a broader Israeli targeting of health facilities in the Gaza Strip. On 3 December, the IDF struck in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan hospital, killing at least four people according to Al-Jazeera.{{cite web |title=At least four killed in strike in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital |url=https://aje.io/rilr0q?update=2532379 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216210357/https://aje.io/rilr0q?update=2532379 |url-status=live }} On 11 December, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital stated Israel had killed two mothers and their newborn babies when Israel targeted its maternity ward.{{cite web |title='No one can leave': Northern Gaza hospital surrounded by Israeli tanks |url=https://aje.io/2hwa2q?update=2549675 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212010630/https://aje.io/2hwa2q?update=2549675 |url-status=live }} According to UN News, the "maternity department was reportedly hit during shelling and two mothers were killed".{{cite web |title='Humanitarian disaster zone': Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144682 |website=UN News |date=12 December 2023 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104000535/https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144682 |url-status=live }} As of August 2024, the Kamal Adwan Hospital houses the only functioning neo-natal ICU left in Gaza.{{Cite web |last1=Rasheed |first1=Zaheena |last2=Rowlands |first2=Lyndal |date=19 August 2024 |title=Lives of babies at risk as Kamal Adwan Hospital faces closure |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-35-in-gaza-as-us-buying-time?update=3128387 |url-status= |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en }}

On 12 December, Israel raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital.{{cite web |last1=Tétrault-Farber |first1=Gabrielle |title=WHO calls for Gaza hospital to be protected after reported raid |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-calls-gaza-hospital-be-protected-after-reported-raid-2023-12-12/ |website=Reuters |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=2023-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227224032/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-calls-gaza-hospital-be-protected-after-reported-raid-2023-12-12/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital after days of strikes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/israeli-forces-raid-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-after-days-of-strikes |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231191948/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/israeli-forces-raid-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-after-days-of-strikes |url-status=live }} The head of pediatrics stated the IDF had ordered all men and boys above age 16 to leave the hospital to be searched.{{cite web |last1=Dahman |first1=Ibrahim |title=Gaza healthcare workers 'taken' by Israeli forces, says doctor, amid 'horrendous conditions' at hospitals |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/middleeast/gaza-kamal-adwan-hospital-doctors-idf-intl/index.html |website=CNN |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113101528/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/middleeast/gaza-kamal-adwan-hospital-doctors-idf-intl/index.html |url-status=live }} Seventy medical staffers were arrested and taken to an unknown location.{{cite news |last1=Balousha |first1=Hazem |last2=Berger |first2=Miriam |title=Pediatric doctor describes Israeli raid at hospital |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/13/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-palestine/#link-CTTM3YNTDFEXJPVHCPS6SMC2PA |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218223958/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/13/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-palestine/#link-CTTM3YNTDFEXJPVHCPS6SMC2PA |url-status=live }} The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated he was "extremely worried" about the situation at Kamal Adwan.{{cite news |last1=Patil |first1=Anushka |title=Israeli forces raid another hospital and detain doctors, Gaza's health ministry says. |work=The New York Times |date=13 December 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/14/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/israeli-forces-raided-another-hospital-in-gaza-and-detained-doctors-the-health-ministry-says?smid=url-share |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105032945/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/13/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war-news/israeli-forces-raided-another-hospital-in-gaza-and-detained-doctors-the-health-ministry-says |url-status=live }}

The IDF released a video claiming that it showed militants near Kamal Adwan surrendering their weapons.{{cite web |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title=IDF airs clip of terrorists surrendering in northern Gaza hospital, says 70 handed themselves in |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-airs-clip-of-gunmen-surrendering-in-northern-gaza-hospital-says-70-handed-themselves-in/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227220201/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-airs-clip-of-gunmen-surrendering-in-northern-gaza-hospital-says-70-handed-themselves-in/ |url-status=live }} These claims were quickly challenged by family members who identified their non-combatant relatives.{{cite news |last1=Fahim |first1=Kareem |title=Images of stripped and humiliated Palestinians draw condemnation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/14/israel-hamas-gaza-war-news-palestine/#link-7YI5IKPI4NB75MM6NAEIMFEGYI |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219233825/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/14/israel-hamas-gaza-war-news-palestine/#link-7YI5IKPI4NB75MM6NAEIMFEGYI |url-status=live }}

On 14 December, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that 2,500 internally displaced persons had been forcibly evacuated, and that IDF soldiers had prevented medical staff from continuing support to 12 babies in intensive care and ten emergency department patients, leading to two deaths.{{cite web |title=Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #69 |url=https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-69-enarhe |website=UNOCHA |date=14 December 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216143431/https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-69-enarhe |url-status=live }} Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated patients had evacuated Kamal Adwan hospital, resulting in the deaths of patients, including a nine-year-old.{{cite web |last1=Madani |first1=Doha |title=WHO 'extremely concerned' over reports of Kamal Adwan Hospital raid |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna130129/rcrd28274?canonicalCard=true |website=NBC News |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217221327/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna130129/rcrd28274?canonicalCard=true |url-status=live }}

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated on 16 December that according to media reports "an Israeli military bulldozer flattened the tents of a number of internally displaced persons outside the hospital, killing and wounding an unconfirmed number of people."{{cite web |title=Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire call |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144887 |website=UN News |date=18 December 2023 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=19 December 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227231531/https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144887/ |url-status=live }} One reporter described "a terrifying massacre and unspeakable scenes" and stating, "Dozens of displaced, sick and wounded people were buried alive".{{cite web |title=Israeli bulldozers crush sick, wounded Palestinians outside Gaza hospital |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/12/2023/live-updates-enough-is-enough-anger-after-israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalist |website=The Peninsula Qatar |date=16 December 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105025504/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/12/2023/live-updates-enough-is-enough-anger-after-israel-kills-al-jazeera-journalist |url-status=live }} A man stated his 25-year-old son had been buried alive by IDF bulldozers at Kamal Adwan and in the same report the IDF was accused of necroviolence by running over corpses with a bulldozer.{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Emma |title=IDF accused of running over dead bodies with bulldozer outside of Gaza hospital |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna130129/rcrd28273?canonicalCard=true |website=NBC News |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223021210/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna130129/rcrd28273?canonicalCard=true |url-status=live }} A video purporting to be footage of the incident circulated but France24 reported that the video was unrelated to the hospital siege.{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20231219-this-video-does-not-show-israel-bulldozing-palestinians-at-kamal-adwan-hospital-in-gaza |title=This video does not show Israel bulldozing Palestinians at Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital |date=19 December 2023 |access-date=2024-10-22 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329082210/https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20231219-this-video-does-not-show-israel-bulldozing-palestinians-at-kamal-adwan-hospital-in-gaza |url-status=live }} Director general of the Gaza Health Ministry, Munir al-Bursh, said he was shot at by Israeli forces while giving a press conference in front of the hospital, and that Israeli forces arrested 70 medical professionals.{{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Miriam |title=WHO condemns 'effective destruction' of Kamal Adwan Hospital; Gaza health chief says IDF shot at him |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/18/israel-gaza-war-hamas-news-updates/#link-JIBYRIXJ5FA6RDXEWL6LKXVTRY |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 December 2023 |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223051822/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/18/israel-gaza-war-hamas-news-updates/#link-JIBYRIXJ5FA6RDXEWL6LKXVTRY |url-status=live }}

Israel claims that the hospital was used by Hamas for military purposes, arguing that this invalidated the protection provided by the Geneva Conventions.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2023 |title=Gaza hospital in rubble after Israeli withdrawal |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231217-gaza-hospital-in-rubble-after-israeli-withdrawal |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103002952/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231217-gaza-hospital-in-rubble-after-israeli-withdrawal |url-status=live }} Israel claims to have arrested 80 Hamas operatives in the base and had found weapons in the location. Staff reported the Israeli troops shooting at doctors and setting dogs to maul handicapped patients.{{cite web |last1=Salman |first1=Abeer |title=Doctors accuse Israeli troops of desecrating bodies and shooting civilians at hospital Israel says was Hamas 'command center' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/23/middleeast/kamal-adwan-hospital-gaza-israel-abuse-allegations-intl-cmd/index.html |website=CNN |date=23 December 2023 |access-date=23 December 2023 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205231745/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/23/middleeast/kamal-adwan-hospital-gaza-israel-abuse-allegations-intl-cmd/index.html |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Confessions of detained Palestinians in the Gaza war}}During the 12 December raid, Israel captured 90 individuals, among them was the hospital's director, Ahmed Kahlout.{{cite news |date=20 December 2023 |title=Israel accused of extracting confessions of Gaza's hospital director under duress |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-accused-of-extracting-confessions-of-gaza-s-hospital-director-under-duress/3088222 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105002903/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-accused-of-extracting-confessions-of-gaza-s-hospital-director-under-duress/3088222 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |access-date=22 December 2023 |publisher=AA}} On 19 December, Israeli security agency, Shin Bet, released a video of Kahlout confessed to being a Hamas militant and said the hospital was being used for military purposes.{{Cite web |last=Jeremy Bob |first=Yonah |date=19 December 2023 |title=Gaza hospital director admits Hamas uses hospitals for military purposes |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-778679 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105025112/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-778679 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}} The Gaza Health Ministry said confessions were extracted under duress.{{cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=Ministry of Health denounces forcing Dr. Kahlout to make confessions under duress |url=https://english.palinfo.com/news/2023/12/20/311502/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227052353/https://english.palinfo.com/news/2023/12/20/311502/ |archive-date=27 December 2023 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=The Palestinian Information Center |ref={{sfnref | The Palestinian Information Center | 2023}}}}

During the video confession, Kahlout said he has the "rank of brigadier general".{{Cite news |last=Zitun |first=Yoav |date=19 December 2023 |title=Gaza hospital chief confirms facility's use as Hamas military base staffed by terrorist operatives |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1pj2mydp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220185420/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1pj2mydp |archive-date=20 December 2023 |access-date=19 December 2023 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}} The Gaza Ministry of Health clarified that Kahlout was part of the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Interior, under the department of "Military Medical Services". The ministry stated that military-style ranks are frequently used within medical corps all around the world. Further in the video, Kahlout said that many hospital staff members, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, and others, also served as members of Hamas's al-Qassam brigades, and that Hamas concealed weapons within the hospital and integrated its operations into its functions.{{Cite web |last=Benson |first=Pesach |date=19 December 2023 |title=Gaza Hospital Director Admits He Works for Hamas |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/gaza/gaza-hospital-director-admits-he-worked-for-hamas/2023/12/19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105023753/https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/gaza/gaza-hospital-director-admits-he-worked-for-hamas/2023/12/19/ |archive-date=5 January 2024 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=The Jewish Press |language=en-US}} The Gaza Health Ministry said that "Kahlot’s confessions were extracted under the use of force, coercion, torture and intimidation."

In May 2024, Israel bombed the vicinity of the hospital, which the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on 19 May was "deeply worrisome".{{Cite tweet |first=Tedros Adhanom |last=Ghebreyesus |user=DrTedros |number=1792170043129610604 |date=2024-05-19 |title=Reports of intense hostilities in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan hospital in northern #Gaza - and an increased influx of injured patients to the hospital - are deeply worrisome given the facility's limited capacity to provide care. Evacuation orders, intensified bombardment, and no passage for aid across Gaza continue to put civilian lives and health at grave risk. Entry of emergency medical teams and medical supplies through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza has been blocked since 6 May. Inside the Strip, supplies of essential medicines and fuel are very low, and movement is limited due to security constraints. We have lost the words to describe the situation in Gaza. It is high time for a ceasefire and peace for the civilians there. |access-date=2024-10-31}} Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on 21 May that the hospital had been attacked four times in the prior twenty four hours.{{Cite tweet |first=Tedros Adhanom |last=Ghebreyesus |user=DrTedros |number=1792977683632013794 |date=2024-05-22 |title=Kamal Adwan hospital in northern #Gaza was reportedly hit four times today, damaging the intensive care unit, reception, administration and the roof. 20 health staff and 13 patients remain inside but efforts are underway to evacuate them. Over the past few weeks, intense hostilities have reportedly occurred in the vicinity of the hospital that resulted in an increased influx of injured patients to the already overstretched facility. Kamal Adwan is the largest partially functional hospital in northern Gaza, and the only one providing hemodialysis services. Evacuation of health workers and patients would make the hospital non-functional, further depleting health services in Northern Gaza. We appeal once again for protection of all patients and health workers. We urge for a ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access. |access-date=2024-10-31}} The same day, the hospital was evacuated, though patients connected to machines were unable to be evacuated.{{cite web |last1=Khoudary |first1=Hind |title=Some patients unable to be evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-40-of-gaza-population-displaced-in-two-weeks?update=2916486 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 May 2024 }} Medics stated on 22 May that missiles hit the hospital's emergency department.{{cite web |title=Israel's military repeatedly attacks besieged northern Gaza hospitals |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-famine-fears-rise-as-aid-failure-escalates?update=2917152 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531022127/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-famine-fears-rise-as-aid-failure-escalates?update=2917152 |url-status=live }} On 24 May, Israeli forces massed outside the hospital entrance, leading the hospital's head of nursing to state, "It is considered practically, because it is besieged, not operational".{{cite news |last1=Abdulrahim |first1=Raja |title=Israeli Forces Cut Off Access to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-kamal-adwan-hospital.html |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525004314/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-kamal-adwan-hospital.html |url-status=live }} The hospital was hit twice by artillery.{{cite web |last1=Abu Azzoum |first1=Tareq |title=Onslaught continues on northern Gaza hospitals |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-at-least-60-palestinians-killed-in-attacks?update=2922069 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603005542/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-at-least-60-palestinians-killed-in-attacks?update=2922069 |url-status=live }} On 25 May, the head of pediatrics stated Israeli forces were still surrounding the hospital.{{cite web |title=Kamal Adwan Hospital still surrounded by Israeli forces |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-end-this-nightmare?update=2924176 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 June 2024 }} Upon Israel's withdrawal from the Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency stated that the Israeli military had destroyed the hospital's main electrical generators.{{cite web |title=Dozens of bodies recovered after Israeli withdrawal from Jabalia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians?update=2939880 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 June 2024 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609151933/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians?update=2939880 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Power generators destroyed by Israeli forces at Kamal Adwan Hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-strikes-ground-attack-target-bureij-camp?update=2951706 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615031013/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-strikes-ground-attack-target-bureij-camp?update=2951706 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Gazans returning to Jabalia describe 'horrifying' destruction |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl44v6e8461o |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=BBC |date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605005505/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl44v6e8461o |url-status=live }} In August 2024, officials at Kamal Adwan Hospital warned that the hospital was at risk of closure due to lack of fuel and medicine, putting 11 children at risk of death.

In October 2024 during the siege of Northern Gaza, the Israeli military ordered the complete evacuation of the Kamal Adwan Hospital within 24 hours.{{cite web |title=Israel orders forced removal of patients in Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital within 24 hours |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-orders-evacuation-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-within-24-hours?nid=400561&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=533586 |website=Middle East Eye |access-date=9 October 2024 }} Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, the hospital's director, said the hospital would remain in service, stating, "We have babies and newborns that are in the ICU. Even if we can evacuate a few patients, we cannot leave the hospital because there is no other hospital that is providing services and treatment to children".{{cite web |title=Gaza hospital director says will not comply with Israeli order to shut facility |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/9/live-israel-hits-lebanons-beirut-bekaa-valley-gaza-deaths-near-42000?update=3232176 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 October 2024 }} As Israel's deadline for evacuation, the Israeli army was reported to be advancing on the hospital while "committing massacres against civilians".{{cite web |last1=al-Kahlout |first1=Moath |title=Smell of burned human flesh at northern Gaza hospital as Israeli attacks continue |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/10/live-israel-kills-medics-in-lebanon-as-siege-on-north-gaza-enters-6th-day?update=3235594 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 October 2024 }} On 24 October 2024, the hospital director stated the Israeli military was committing "deliberate murder."{{cite web |title='Massacres' committed by Israeli forces near north Gaza hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/24/live-israel-pounds-beirut-in-violent-night-of-attacks-on-south-suburbs?update=3270936 |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=4 November 2024}} He stated, "There are more than 15 cases that need surgeries that we cannot perform in the hospital".{{cite web |title=Gaza hospital unable to perform surgeries as Israeli forces arrest surgeons |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/24/live-israel-pounds-beirut-in-violent-night-of-attacks-on-south-suburbs?update=3270911 |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=4 November 2024}}

On 24 October 2024, video showed Israeli tanks firing on the hospital.{{cite web |title=Israeli tank fires on northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/10/24/israeli-tank-fires-on-northern-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=4 November 2024|date=24 October 2024}} On 25 October, Israel raided the hospital.{{cite web |last1=Kermani |first1=Secunder |title=Israel raids hospital in Northern Gaza, kills dozens with air strikes in the south |url=https://www.channel4.com/news/israel-raids-hospital-in-northern-gaza-kills-dozens-with-air-strikes-in-the-south |website=Channel 4 |date=25 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024}} The Palestinian health ministry stated 600 patients, companions, and staff were trapped.{{cite web |title=Patients, staff trapped in Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital amid Israeli siege |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/25/patients-staff-trapped-in-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-amid-israeli-siege |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=29 October 2024}} The following day, the World Health Organization stated that while the hospital was still under siege, it had regained contact with its employees there, stating that four employees were injured, 44 health workers had been detained, and four ambulances were damaged.{{cite web |title=Three Health Workers Injured, Dozens Detained At North Gaza Hospital: WHO |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/three-health-workers-injured-dozens-detained-at-north-gaza-hospital-who-cf8f6ec1 |website=Barron's |publisher=Agence France Presse |access-date=29 October 2024}} The Gaza Ministry of Health stated that Israeli forces had detained all male medical staff.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill children, detain staff and patients at Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-kill-children-detain-patients-gaza-hospital |website=The New Arab |access-date=29 October 2024}} On 27 October, Dr. Khalil Daqran stated only one medical staff remained in the entire hospital, and that Israeli forces had set parts of the hospital on fire, destroyed its entrances, and demolished walls.{{cite web |last1=Vock |first1=Ido |title=One medic left at Gaza hospital as Israel says it arrested 100 'terrorists' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c245n75587vo |website=BBC News |access-date=29 October 2024}} On 28 October, the IDF said that it captured 100 Hamas militants during the raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital. Both local medics and Hamas denied there was any militant presence at the hospital.{{Cite web |date=28 October 2024 |title=Some 100,000 residents trapped in Israel's north Gaza assault, Palestinians say |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-gaza-palestinians-trapped-israel-1.7365407 |website=CBC}} Later that day, the IDF withdrew from the hospital.{{Cite news |date=28 October 2024 |title=IDF withdraws from northern Gaza's last operational hospital; cease-fire talks resume in Doha |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/28/israel-iran-war-news-gaza-hamas/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Following the raid, the Gaza Ministry of Health said that two children had died in the intensive care unit follow the failure of the hospitals generators, and that the oxygen station was targeted".{{cite web |title=Two children die in Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital following raid |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-children-die-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-following-raid |website=Middle East Eye |access-date=31 October 2024}} One of the two remaining doctors at the hospital warned that "patients and the injured are strewn all over the hospital floor".{{cite web |title=Kamal Adwan hospital director appeals to 'entire world' for help to save Gaza's sick, dying |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/30/live-israeli-strikes-kill-143-across-gaza-77-killed-in-attacks-on-lebanon?update=3283646 |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=1 November 2024}} Officials stated one doctor had been killed by an Israeli drone.{{cite web |last1=Debre |first1=Isabel |last2=Frankel |first2=Julia |last3=Keath |first3=Lee |title=Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again |url=https://apnews.com/world-news/still-wrecked-from-past-israeli-raids-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-come-under-attack-again-00000192eebfd414a79fffbf88cc0000 |website=Associated Press |date=3 November 2024 |access-date=5 November 2024 |archive-date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104061235/https://apnews.com/world-news/still-wrecked-from-past-israeli-raids-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-come-under-attack-again-00000192eebfd414a79fffbf88cc0000 |url-status=live }} The W.H.O. stated they had continued with patient evacuations, as Kamal Adwan's building was damaged, four ambulances were destroyed, and patients needed medical supplies, food, and water.{{cite web |title=WHO evacuates more patients from Kamal Adwan |url=https://ruralradio.com/maxcountry/abc_news/israelgazalebanon-live-updates-110-dead-including-25-children-in-strike-on-gaza-abcid6a3dbeca/ |website=Rural Radio |access-date=1 November 2024}} On 31 October, the UN stated a bombing on the hospital's third floor had destroyed critical medical supplies.{{cite web |last1=Alhenawi |first1=Ruba |title=Bombing of northern Gaza hospital destroyed vital medical supplies, says UN |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-palestine-gaza-war-10-31-24-intl-hnk#cm2xsyugk000p3b6ou526dfxc |website=CNN |date=31 October 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}} On 4 November 2024, the head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote that shortly after a WHO mission, a reported attack on the third floor injured six child patients.{{Cite tweet |user=DrTedros |number=1853527793084379521 |title=Shortly after the @WHO-led mission to Kamal Adwan Hospital yesterday, the facility's third floor was reportedly hit again, injuring six children who are patients there. }} The same day, the health ministry stated that there were "many" injuries amongst patients and staff following Israel "violently bombard[ing]" the hospital.{{cite web |title=Kamal Adwan Hospital attack ongoing with Israeli artillery shelling |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/11/4/live-israeli-forces-attack-health-centres-in-gaza-and-lebanon?update=3296633 |website=Al Jazeera English |access-date=5 November 2024}}

On 30 November 2024, the head of the Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Ahmed Al-Kahlout, was killed.{{cite news | title= "Targeted & Assassinated": Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli Drone | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SgQBEtrpWU | access-date= 3 December 2024 | date= 2 December 2024 }}{{cite news | title= Israeli attack kills Kamal Adwan Hospital's ICU director | url= https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/29/israeli-attack-kills-kamal-adwan-hospitals-icu-director | access-date= 3 December 2024 | work= Al Jazeera English | date= 29 Nov 2024 |language=en}}

On 6 December 2024, the IDF conducted a "series of airstrikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital," which were followed with "heavy and direct gunfire," according to the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.{{Cite news |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=6 December 2024 |title=Israeli Attacks Around Gaza Hospital Kill or Wound Scores, Doctors Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/middleeast/israeli-attack-gaza-kamal-adwan-hospital.html |access-date=6 December 2024 |work=The New York Times}} At least 30 people were killed by Israeli bombing, and another 20 were left injured.{{Cite web |last1=Salman |first1=Abeer |last2=Dahman |first2=Ibrahim |last3=Khadder |first3=Kareem |last4=Haq |first4=Sana Noor |date=2024-12-06 |title=Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital, eyewitnesses say |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middleeast/kamal-adwan-gaza-israel-hospital-raid-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=CNN |language=en}} Later Israeli troops stormed the hospital and killed were four doctors, leaving the hospital without any experienced surgeons.{{Cite web |last1=Salman |first1=Abeer |last2=Dahman |first2=Ibrahim |last3=Khadder |first3=Kareem |last4=Haq |first4=Sana Noor |date=2024-12-06 |title=Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital, eyewitnesses say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middleeast/kamal-adwan-gaza-israel-hospital-raid-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=CNN |language=en}} According to the World Health Organization, Israel issued "no warning" prior to the Israeli storming and strikes.{{Cite web |title=Israeli forces strike, storm Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital with 'no warning' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/6/israeli-forces-strike-storm-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-with-no-warning |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

On December 26, an Israeli attack killed 50 people in a building adjacent to the hospital that was housing the hospital staff and their families.{{Cite web |title=Israeli soldiers storm Gaza's last working hospital, force out semi-naked medics and patients |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israel-soldiers-kamal-adwan-hospital-force-out-medics-and-patients |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}

On December 27, the Israeli army stormed the hospital, and hospital officials said Israeli troops set parts of the hospital on fire.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-27 |title=Israeli troops burn northern Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say |url=https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hospital-israel-troops-patients-fire-5bfab932afc29ce2205765ce1416a808 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Fire at Kamal Adwan Hospital burns down key departments: Gaza ministry |url=https://aje.io/inxmnq?update=3410592}} The Israeli army forced all patients and staff to leave, and videos showed that Israel had stripped the staff to their underwear and forced them to march from the hospital to an unknown destination.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-27 |title=Israeli Forces Storm Kamal Adwan, Detain Patients, Threaten Director with Arrest |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-forces-storm-kamal-adwan-detain-patients-threaten-director-with-arrest/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Palestine Chronicle |language=en-US}} The Israeli army also reportedly switched off oxygen supplies.

The surgical department, laboratory and a storehouse were initially set on fire, and this fire then spread to other parts of the hospital. Footage in local media showed smoke rising from the hospital. Israeli army claimed they never entered the hospital, that the fire in the hospital was "small", and that there was "no connection" between the fire and Israeli army's activities.

The Israeli army said that it detained 240 individuals it claimed were Hamas operatives during the operation and that the hospital served as a critical point for Hamas operations. IDF reservists described the hospital as containing areas designated for military use: "It was made to look like a hospital, and patients were brought there just for appearances. In reality, there are entire sections meant solely for the entry of Hamas terrorists". The IDF has not provided evidence for these claims.{{Cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Eve |last2=Salman |first2=Abeer |last3=Karadsheh |first3=Jomana |date=2025-01-03 |title=Israeli government pressed to reveal location of detained Gaza hospital director |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/middleeast/israel-gaza-hussam-abu-safiya-high-court-petition-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=CNN |language=en}} The IDF stated that it had provided advanced warnings to civilians and staff, urging evacuation prior to the military actions, to minimize harm to innocent individuals.

The director of the hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya, was one of the individuals detained by the IDF, and video footage was released showing him walking in his white coat towards IDF armored vehicles.{{Cite web |last=Valdez |first=Jonah |date=2024-12-31 |title=The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/12/31/israel-gaza-hospital-doctors-hussam-abu-safiya/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Nader |first1=Eric |last2=Hagan |first2=Rachel |date=2025-01-03 |title=Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj30deeggd7o |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Some Palestinian sources have said that Abu Safiya is being held in Sde Teiman, a detention camp which reportedly holds detainees in harsh conditions.^[1]

Kamal Adwan Hospital is now out of service, after its staff, patients, and equipment were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital, also in Jabalia.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-28 |title=Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/28-12-2024-kamal-adwan-hospital-out-of-service-following-a-raid-today-and-repeated-attacks-since-october |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=WHO |language=en}}

Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila called for a probe into Israeli actions at Kamal Adwan.{{cite web |title=PA health minister seeks probe into deadly Israeli raid on Gaza hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/17/pa-health-minister-seeks-probe-into-deadly-israeli-raid-on-gaza-hospital |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231194116/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/17/pa-health-minister-seeks-probe-into-deadly-israeli-raid-on-gaza-hospital |url-status=live }} Israel says the hospital is a "Hamas terrorist stronghold", without providing any evidence. Hospital staff have denied the allegations.

The Council on American–Islamic Relations called for a United Nations international probe.{{cite web |last1=Hooper |first1=Ibrahim |title=CAIR Calls for UN Probe of Reports Israeli Military Bulldozed Gaza Medical Tents, Burying Injured Palestinians Alive |url=https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-calls-for-un-probe-of-reports-israeli-military-bulldozed-gaza-medical-tents-burying-injured-palestinians-alive/#:~:text=(WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%2C%2012%2F,Palestinians%20inside%2C%20allegedly%20burying%20civilians |website=CAIR |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217154742/https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-calls-for-un-probe-of-reports-israeli-military-bulldozed-gaza-medical-tents-burying-injured-palestinians-alive/#:~:text=(WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%2C%2012%2F,Palestinians%20inside%2C%20allegedly%20burying%20civilians |url-status=live }} Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the WHO was appalled at the hospital's "effective destruction".{{cite web |title=WHO Denounces 'Destruction' Of Gaza Hospital |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/who-denounces-destruction-of-gaza-hospital-63983b0d |publisher=Agence France Presse |website=Barron's |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105024115/https://www.barrons.com/news/who-denounces-destruction-of-gaza-hospital-63983b0d |url-status=live }} The OHCHR, which had recently reported that Israeli attacks (including the sieges of Kamal Adwan Hospital) have brought the Gazan healthcare system to "the brink of total collapse", said that the violence against hospitals raised "grave concerns."{{Cite web |title=Pattern of Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals raises grave concerns - report |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/12/pattern-israeli-attacks-gaza-hospitals-raises-grave-concerns-report |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=OHCHR |language=en}} In response, Israel said that it does not attack civilians and that it facilitated the evacuation of patients and staff to the Indonesian Hospital, providing generators, fuel, and medical equipment.{{cite web |last=Bob |first=Yonah Jeremy |date=2024-12-29 |title=IDF reveals how Kamal Adwan Hospital raid dismantled Hamas's hold of Jabalya |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-835282 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=The Jerusalem Post}} Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that "Israel did not substantiate many of these claims, which are often vague and broad. In some cases, they appear to be contradicted by publicly available information." He also called for an independent investigation into Israel's attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel.{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=2025-01-03 |title=Israel defends Gaza hospital raid, UN rights chief says its explanation is vague |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-israel-defends-gaza-hospital-raid-un-rights-chief-says-its-explanation-is-2025-01-03/ |work=Reuters}}{{cite web |last1=Abdul Karim |first1=Fatima |title=U.N. Calls for Investigation of Deaths at Hospital That Israel Says Was Hamas Command Center |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-n-calls-for-investigation-of-deaths-at-hospital-israel-says-was-hamas-command-center-7c02ac1d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105025358/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-n-calls-for-investigation-of-deaths-at-hospital-israel-says-was-hamas-command-center-7c02ac1d |archive-date=5 January 2024 |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=The Wall Street Journal}} The WHO also noted that the Indonesian Hospital "lacks the necessary equipment and supplies" for the patients who had been moved there, as well as condemning the reports of people being "stripped and forced to walk towards southern Gaza."{{Cite web |title=Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/28-12-2024-kamal-adwan-hospital-out-of-service-following-a-raid-today-and-repeated-attacks-since-october |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.who.int |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=UN calls for protection of Gaza health facilities after Israeli raids hospital and orders patients to evacuate |url=https://news.sky.com/story/israel-raids-gazas-kamal-adwan-hospital-and-orders-patients-to-evacuate-13280501 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Israel detains director of key north Gaza hospital as WHO condemns raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/28/this-horror-must-end-who-condemns-israeli-assault-on-key-gaza-hospital |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

Hamas has accused the US and other Western countries of providing cover for Israeli war crimes.

Abu Safiya's detainment has been condemned by multiple sources. Amnesty International called for his release and expressed concern for his wellbeing due to a "great risk of torture and ill-treatment".{{Cite web |date=2024-12-29 |title=Amnesty International demands immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya following Israeli abduction |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/amnesty-international-demands-immediate-release-dr-hussam-abu-safiya |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}} Hundreds of healthcare workers have called for Abu Safiya's release on social media.{{Cite news |last=Osman |first=Nadda |date=2024-12-31 |title=Doctors launch campaign calling for release of Gaza hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/doctors-launch-campaign-free-gaza-hospital-head-abu-safiya |work=New Arab}} WHO also expressed concern for the detainees and noted the deteriorating condition of the healthcare system in Gaza. UN Special Rapporteurs Francesca Albanese and Tlaleng Mofokeng condemned the attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Abu Safiya's detainment as "part of a pattern by Israel to continuously bombard, destroy and fully annihilate the realisation of the right to health in Gaza.”{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=UN experts horrified at blatant disregard for health rights in Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/01/un-experts-horrified-blatant-disregard-health-rights-gaza-following-deadly |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=OHCHR |language=en}}

• Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
• Al-Shifa Hospital siege

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