Israeli forces threw a stun grenade into a hospital with children in Tulkarm



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The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that, on Monday, Israeli forces fired a stun grenade inside a hospital housing children in Tulkarm.

The ministry said that “when Israeli forces dropped the bomb on the Martyr Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm, there were 81 patients cared for inside, including 10 premature babies in the nursing department, 5 babies in the pediatric department, 7 patients in intensive care. and 13 patients in the maternity ward, in addition to 39 medical and health personnel.

Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Keela indicated that “the occupation soldiers broke into the hospital early today and fired 4 stun grenades inside, one of them in the reception room and 3 bombs in the emergency yard. “.

The minister expressed her condemnation of “this new Israeli crime, which violates all international conventions and norms, and the Geneva Conventions”, and called on the international community to “intervene to protect the children of the Palestinian people and put an end to the repeated Israeli attacks “. 3 Palestinian hospitals, namely the Al-Durra Hospital in the Gaza Strip as it was damaged by the bombings, the Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah and the Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm. “

The Health Minister greeted “the medical and health staff working in all hospitals, and reassured, through the hospital director, Haitham Shadid, about the sick citizens inside the hospital”, confirming that “many patients, especially children and elderly, suffer panic and tension as a result of the assault. “

Source: Russia Today

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