Hamas claims two children die in north Gaza hospital amid Israeli raid

By AFP 25 October 2024, 11:39 pm 49 Edit

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says two children died at the last functioning hospital in the territory’s north after Israeli fire hit oxygen equipment. At the same time, the military tells AFP it is unaware of strikes in the area.

“Two children have died in the intensive care unit after the hospital’s generators failed and the oxygen station was targeted,” says a health ministry statement about the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp.

Israeli forces “are searching the hospital and firing within different departments, increasing the panic and anxiety,” the ministry adds.

The Israeli army says it is “not aware of live fire and strikes in the area of the hospital.”