A human rights organization has called on the global community to independently investigate why five Palestinian children were allegedly left to die at Al-Nasr Hospital in Gaza after staff were forcibly evacuated by the IDF.
The Switzerland-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) said it could “confirm that it documented the discovery of five dead and decomposing infants” in a neonatal ward at Al-Nasr Hospital.
The human rights monitor led by former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk said the babies were left to die three weeks ago after the IDF forced staff to leave, attacked the hospital and surrounded it with tanks.
Disgusting but heavily censored footage first shared by Arabic-language news channel Al Mashhad shows five beds filled with what are believed to be the bodies of young children.
Hospital equipment, including health monitoring equipment, appears to have long been out of use, while the room itself appears to be deserted.
Disgusting but heavily censored footage first shared by Arabic-language news channel Al Mashhad shows five beds filled with what are believed to be the bodies of young children
Hospital equipment, including health monitoring equipment, appears to have long been out of use, while the room itself appears to be deserted.
Web has not yet been able to independently verify the footage
Web has not yet been able to independently verify the footage.
A spokesman for Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry confirmed the claims, adding that they were “premature.”
The spokesman claimed that Israeli soldiers blocked access to the station where the children were found on Tuesday evening.
The director of the hospital, Dr. Mustafa Al-Kahlot, previously told CNN he had asked several international organizations for help, but Euro-Med said he had received no response.
Dr. Al-Kahlot said three weeks ago that the hospital was attacked twice by the IDF, rendering its facilities unusable, resulting in the death of a child due to lack of oxygen.
“One attack targeted the gate of the hospital and the other targeted the departments of the hospital,” he said at the time.
“No one could reach the hospital and ambulances on the road were also attacked,” he added.
Video footage released by Arabic-language media appears to show at least two IDF tanks lying in wait around Al-Nasr.
The IDF said at the time it had opened evacuation corridors from Al-Nasr as well as nearby Al-Shifa and Al-Rantsi hospitals.
The BBC reported that both Al-Nasr and Al-Rantsi were evacuated “except for a handful of patients and staff.” Web was unable to check the status of those left behind.
Video released at the time shows people, including patients and staff, under fire and waving white flags under IDF orders to show they are not combatants.
It is not clear where exactly the shots came from or who fired them.
Since retaliating against the terrorist group’s incursion on October 7, the IDF has repeatedly accused Hamas of using hospitals throughout the Gaza Strip as hideouts and used this as justification for waging war in the areas surrounding major hospitals, including Al- Nasr.
The IDF has repeatedly accused Hamas of using hospitals across the Gaza Strip as hideouts since it began its retaliation against the terrorist group’s incursion on October 7
The White House confirmed the claims earlier this month, saying it has its own intelligence agencies and that it uses Al-Shifa (pictured) to conduct its military operations and store weapons.
The White House confirmed the claims earlier this month, saying it has its own intelligence that it uses Al-Shifa to conduct its military operations and store weapons.
“We have information that confirms that Hamas is using this particular hospital for a command and control mode” and likely to store weapons, national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters aboard Air Force One at the time.
“This is a war crime.”
“Let me be clear: We are not in favor of attacking a hospital from the air.” “We do not want to see a firefight in a hospital where innocent, helpless and sick people are simply trying to get the medical care they need deserve,” he said.
The bloodiest conflict between Israel and Hamas in decades has resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians.
By an Israeli count, Hamas killed 1,200 people in its Oct. 7 invasion, while nearly 15,000 civilians were killed in IDF retaliatory strikes over the nearly eight weeks the conflict lasted.
The bloodiest conflict between Israel and Hamas in decades has resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians
By an Israeli count, Hamas killed 1,200 people in its Oct. 7 invasion, while nearly 15,000 civilians were killed in IDF retaliatory strikes over the nearly eight weeks the conflict lasted
The Health Ministry, which the United Nations says is a reliable source of information, said about 6,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since October 7
Experts told The New York Times last week that the number of civilians killed in Gaza, most of whom were women and children, was shocking.
The Health Ministry, which the United Nations says is a reliable source of information, said about 6,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since October 7.
A total of fewer than 3,000 children were killed in all major conflict zones around the world last year, according to a 2022 UN report.
UN chief António Guterres warned earlier this month: “Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children.”
“Hundreds of boys and girls are reportedly killed or injured every day.”
“The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every hour.”
Hamas handed over 12 Israeli and four Thai hostages this evening on the sixth and seemingly final day of the precarious and temporary ceasefire.
The ceasefire agreement was extended by two days on Monday, hours before the original agreement was due to end.
The terms of the ceasefire agreement to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip say it can be extended beyond its original four-day term provided that 10 hostages are released for each additional day and in return three times as many Palestinians are released.
The deal is understood to have stalled and was on the verge of collapse. Hamas had accused Israel of reneging on its end of the bargain and Israel threatened to continue its deadly attack on the Gaza Strip.
But mediators were able to steer the conflict back from the brink, a feat that included the first public visit to Israel by Qatari officials, according to the AP.
It is currently unknown when and whether the ceasefire agreement will be extended.
Web has contacted the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor