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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Israeli army converts Nasser Hospital into military barracks, arrests dozens of doctors, patients</h1>
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<p>GAZA, (PIC)</p>
<p>Israeli occupation forces converted the Nasser Medical Complex in
Khan Yunis into a military barracks after taking it out of service. They
have arrested dozens of medical staff and patients.</p>
<p>Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in
Gaza, said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation has turned the Nasser
Medical Complex into a military barracks and taken it out of service.</p>
<p>He pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces kept medical
personnel for hours in the maternity building, handcuffed them, beat
them, and stripped them of their clothes. He pointed out that the
occupation army arrested 70 healthcare workers in the medical complex.</p>
<p>He said that there are now only 25 medical personnel left in the
Nasser Medical Complex who are unable to handle cases in need of
critical care. He warned that the occupation army has arrested the
intensive care doctor and there is no doctor to follow up on critical
cases.</p>
<p>He noted that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested dozens of
immobile patients who are receiving treatment and placed them in
military beds, loaded them onto trucks, and taken them to an unknown
location, putting their lives at risk.</p>
<p>He added that the electricity has been cut off from the Nasser
Medical Complex for three days, resulting in lack of oxygen for the
patients. This has led to the death of seven patients so far, with fears
of the death of dozens of critical cases.</p>
<p>He pointed out that three women, including a female doctor, gave
birth in the Nasser Medical Complex under difficult and unsafe
conditions, lacking water, food, electricity, and cleanliness. The water
supply to the Nasser Medical Complex has been completely cut off for
three days due to the power generators being out of service.</p>
<p>The spokesperson held Israel fully responsible for the lives of the medical staff and patients in the Nasser Medical Complex.</p>
<p>The Israeli army since January 22, following the expansion of its
ground attack to the west of Khan Yunis and their issuance of more
evacuation orders for the area, has been besieging the Nasser Hospital
with a capacity of 475 beds, Al-Amal Hospital with a capacity of 100
beds, the Jordanian Field Hospital with a capacity of 50 beds, and
Al-Khair Hospital, in addition to three health clinics, which housed
thousands of displaced people along with patients, according to the
statement.</p>
<p>On the same day, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Khair
Hospital, which is run by a charitable association, and ordered women
and children to evacuate towards Rafah. They also arrested several
medical staff members and completely took it out of service.</p>
<p>In the following days, the Israeli occupation forces continued to
shell and fire at Al-Amal Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex, using
artillery, snipers, and quadcopter aircraft, resulting in the killing
and injury of dozens of civilians. The hospital grounds turned into
temporary graves before being raided, and taken out of service, along
with the medical staff and patients inside.</p>
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