Al-Quds Hospital

The Al-Quds Hospital is a hospital located in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City, in the Palestinian territories. It is the second largest hospital in Gaza.^[1]

Al-Quds Hospital
Geography
Location	Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, State of Palestine
Coordinates	31°30′22″N 34°25′50″E
Organisation
Type	General

History

The hospital was damaged by Israeli forces in 2009, during the Gaza war of 2008-2009.^[2]

The hospital was damaged again as part of the 2023 Gaza war. On 11 November, fighting was reported at the hospital.^[3] The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli tanks approached the hospital, and began firing upon it.^[4][5] They reported that about 14,000 displaced people were sheltering inside of it at the time of the fighting.^[4][5] Evangelical Christian website All Israel News reported that a Hamas battalion operating from the hospital ambushed IDF troops; saying that 21 militants were killed whereas the Israelis suffered no casualties.^[6] The clash was filmed by a drone scrambled from nearby.^[6]

In the early morning of 12 November, an Israeli attack hit near the hospital and damaged it.^[7] Later that day, the Palestine Red Crescent Society announced that the hospital had run out of fuel and ceased treating patients.^[8][9] On 13 November, Palestine Red Crescent Society condemned allegations that Hamas was attacking from the hospital saying the video from the drone only showed them in the street outside the hospital.^[10]

See also

• List of hospitals in the State of Palestine
• The Red Crescent Society, Jerusalem runs a teaching hospital at Al-Quds University.

References

1. Subramaniam, Tara; Raine, Andrew; Tanno, Sophie; Chowdhury, Maureen; Sangal, Aditi (2023-10-29). "Second-largest hospital in Gaza City warned to evacuate ahead of possible bombardment, humanitarian group says". CNN. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
2. "Gaza al-Quds hospital to be rebuilt". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
3. Al-Mughrabi, Nidal; Angel, Maytaal (2023-11-11). "Israel's war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals". Reuters. Thomson Reuters.
4. Yang, Maya; Lowe, Yohannes; Skopeliti, Clea; Fulton, Adam; Kearney, Christine (2023-11-12). "Israel-Hamas war: UN calls Gaza fighting 'reprehensible' – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
5. Pietromarchi, Virginia; Siddiqui, Usaid (2023-11-11). "'Extreme panic and fear': Israeli tanks 20 metres from al-Quds hospital". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
6. "WATCH: Israel publishes documentation of Hamas terrorists firing from Al-Quds Hospital". All Israel News. 13 November 2023.
7. "'Intense bombings' by Israeli forces around Gaza hospitals amid blackout". Al Jazeera. Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli attack hit near Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City, wounding at least 14 people and damaging the building.
8. Khalid, Tuqa (2023-11-12). "Gaza's al-Quds hospital now 'out of service' after running out of fuel and power: PRC". Al-Arabiya. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
9. "Gaza's al-Quds Hospital ceases operations amid Israeli attacks". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
10. "PRCS Release 13 November 2023" (PDF) (Press release) (in Arabic). Palestine Red Crescent Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)