Gaza defies Israel by restoring Al-Shifa hospital

Published June 22nd, 2024 - 11:29 GMT
Al-Shifa Hospital
People walk towards a devastated building at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 11, 2024. Israeli troops conducted raids in November and March on Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. The medical facility, the largest in the Gaza Strip, was reduced to rubble after an Israeli operation in March, the WHO said. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

ALBAWABA - In spite of the continuous Israeli onslaught, the young of Gaza have started to restore Al-Shifa Hospital, the biggest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. Following the hospital's 14-day siege by the Israeli occupation force in April of last year, during which many atrocities were carried out, rehabilitation work is already underway.

Social media users have been very engaged since the restoration project began, sharing the video extensively. Numerous others called the photos "historic and almost unbelievable" and "shocking for Israel," particularly in light of the hospital's considerable damage and the ongoing closure of all border crossings.

Using the term "an undefeatable people," a blogger praised the Gazan people's tenacity in commenting on the restoration scenes, emphasizing their will to reconstruct the biggest health facility in the Strip with the resources at hand despite the continuing fighting.

On April 1, the Israeli occupation force left Al-Shifa Medical Complex, exposing the horrifying results of two weeks of vicious attacks on patients, their families, and medical personnel. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor initially estimated that over 1,500 people had died, been injured, or gone missing, with women and children making up half of the victims. The martyrs' remains were burned, disfigured, and ran over by bulldozers and military vehicles.

The reopening of Al-Shifa Hospital in the face of such extreme hardship is evidence of the Gazan people's tenacity and will.

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