The Palestine Red Crescent Society Strongly Condemns the Bombardment of Al-
Ahli Hospital in Gaza
(17.10.2023) The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is appalled and horrified by
the bombardment of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which led to the killing of hundreds
of civilians including women, children, health care prefessionals, and internally displaced
people seeking safe shelter.
PRCS has been calling for days on the international community to intervene to pressure
Israel to rescend the evacuation orders for hospitals. The hospitals in Gaza have received
numerous explicit written threats from the Israeli Occupation Forces, including PRCS Al
Quds Hospital- which received these threats repeatedly three times.
This war crime comes despite frequent declarations and pleas by these hospitals that
these orders are impossible to implement, and that they constitute a death sentence for
patients- as stated by WHO.
PRCS urgently calls upon the entire international community to strongly intervene to stop
this continious bombardment of the Gaza Strip. We urge every human being to stand up,
to act, and to safeguard their fellow human beings. The ongoing assault on Gaza must
cease immediately. Medical facilities and
personnel must be protected, as well as
civilians, in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law.
The silence of the
international community only emboldens such acts and increases the danger
to the lives
of innocent civilians.
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