- Title: Gaza hospital reels under pressure of renewed Israeli strikes, doctor says
- Date: 18th March 2025
- Summary: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS AROUND RECEPTION AREA OF AL-AQSA MARTYRS HOSPITAL WOUNDED PALESTINIAN ON STRETCHER WOUNDED PEOPLE AT HOSPITAL WARD VARIOUS OF WOUNDED PALESTINIAN, AHMED KHALIL, ON STRETCHER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOUNDED IN ISRAELI STRIKE, AHMED KHALIL, SAYING: "I was safely sleeping, sleeping I swear. I saw sand and ro
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- Keywords: Ceasefire Gaza Hamas Health Hospitals Israel Strikes Wounded
- Location: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- City: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001974018032025RP1
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- Story Text:Wounded Palestinians were treated at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, following a series of Israeli strikes on several parts of the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday (March 18).
With most hospitals in Gaza unable to operate after being damaged during the war, medics find themselves unable to treat serious casualties properly after the strikes, al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesperson, Khalil al-Daqran, said.
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, ending weeks of relative calm after talks to secure a permanent ceasefire stalled.
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas each accused the other of breaching the truce, which had broadly held since January, offering respite from war for the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza, where most buildings have been reduced to rubble.
Hamas, which still holds 59 of the 250 or so hostages Israel says the group seized in its October 7, 2023 attack, accused Israel of jeopardizing efforts by mediators to negotiate a permanent deal to end the fighting, but the group made no threat of retaliation.
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