At least “179 bodies” were buried in a “collective grave” at the Al-Chifa hospital complex on Tuesday, the director told AFP, saying that among them were seven premature babies who died due to lack of electricity to stay alive.
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“We were forced to bury them in a mass grave,” said Doctor Mohammed Abou Salmiya.
“Bodies lie scattered in the corridors of the hospital complex and electricity is no longer supplied to the cold rooms of the morgues,” because not a drop of fuel has entered the Gaza Strip since the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement began on October 7, Hamas added he added.
On Tuesday, “a woman and a man died in the intensive care unit,” reported Doctor Abou Salmiya. This brings the number of intensive care patients who have died since the power outage in al-Chifa on Saturday to 29.
Inside the hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, a journalist working with AFP reported that the smell of rotting corpses was overwhelming.
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Fighting and airstrikes continued throughout the night, he added, although less intense than previous nights.
Israeli tanks converged on Tuesday at the gates of al-Khifa, viewed by Israel as a strategic Hamas hideout.