[News] 19 Medics Killed, 17 Hospitals Bombed by Israeli Forces Since July 8th

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  19 Medics Killed, 17 Hospitals Bombed by Israeli Forces Since July 8th

author Sunday August 03, 2014 12:25author by Celine Hagbard - 
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    Since the Israeli military began its assault on the Gaza Strip on
    July 8th, Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted medics and medical
    centers who have been working feverishly to treat the over 9,000
    people who have been wounded.

Since July 8th, Medics and Rescue Teams have been attacked by Israeli 
airstrikes and artillery shelling 102 times. 19 medics have been killed, 
and many more have been injured.

In addition, 44 Of Gaza's 55 Urgent Care Centers have been closed Due To 
Israeli Bombardment. 17 Hospitals, both public and private, have been 
directly targeted by the Israeli military.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has condemned the repeated attacks on 
medical workers and facilities, which are supposed to be excluded from 
any attacks during wartime under international law.

Attacks on medical facilities are considered to be a 'grave breach' of 
the Fourth Geneva Convention, which means it is considered a war crime. 
Another 'grave breach' is extensive destruction and appropriation of 
property not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully 
and wantonly.

Israel is a signatory to the Fourth Geneva Convention, since 1957, but 
claims that this does not apply to Israel's behavior in the territories 
it took over in 1967 and has been militarily occupying ever since.

The Israeli military spokesman has repeated over and over again the 
claim that Palestinian resistance fighters use hospitals to store and 
fire rockets, but has presented no credible evidence to back this claim.

The one piece of 'evidence' presented by the Israeli military involved 
the Al-Wafa Hospital in eastern Gaza, and it was proven 
<http://imemc.org/article/68593> to be a fabrication.

After bombing the al-Wafa Hospital, Gaza's only rehabilitation center, 
to the ground, the Israeli military released a short video claiming to 
show the hospital being used by fighters. But the satellite video 
purporting to show rockets fired from the hospital grounds turned out, 
upon examination, to not show the hospital at all. An arrow added by the 
Israeli military before releasing the video pointed at a building next 
to a rocket-launching site. The building was labeled 'Wafa Hospital'. 
But the building in the video was NOT Al-Wafa Hospital, but a building 
in an entirely different part of town.

But even while mis-identifying the hospital building on its satellite 
image presented to the media, the Israeli military obviously know where 
the ACTUAL hospital was located, because its bombs were dropped directly 
onto the hospital, leveling it to the ground.

The numerous attacks on medical facilities and ambulances have made it 
extremely difficult for medical personnel in Gaza to carry out their 
work. In addition, the bombing of Gaza's only power plant on Monday by 
Israeli forces has forced the medical facilities to turn to backup power 
sources, which are intermittent and sparse. This has made it more and 
more difficult to maintain life support for the hundreds of patients 
that remain in critical condition from their wounds.
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