An Israeli prevented strike at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, the last major hospital offering essential health care in northern Gaza, has sparked Palestine and around the world while Israel continues to attack health establishments.
Israel said on Sunday that he had struck a Hamas command and control center, without providing evidence, while Hamas denied allegations.
The episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, which heads the Al-Ahli hospital, condemned the attack, claiming that it happened on “Sunday of the Palmés, the start of Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian year”.
He said that twin strikes have demolished the two -story genetic laboratory of the hospital and damaged the pharmacy and emergency services.
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, which is affiliated with the Anglican Church, said that the attack constituted “a serious violation of religious holiness and the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law”.
Committee’s head, Ramzi Khoury, said the attack was a direct affront to Palestinian Christians and the World Christian community.
The British Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said in a statement on Sunday: “Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza is a place of healing and care for Palestinians living through unimaginable sufferings. Under insufficient conditions, his heroic doctors and nurses took care of civilians who lasted 18 months of devastating violence. “
“For the only Christian hospital in Gaza to be attacked on Sunday in Palm is particularly appalling. I share the sorrow of our Palestinian brothers and sisters in the diocese of Jerusalem,” he said.
The Gaza Ministry of Health said the bombing forced the evacuation of patients and staff. “We call international institutions and relevant authorities to protect the health sector in accordance with international laws and agreements,” he said in a statement.
Palestinian Islamic jihad (PIJ) said that “odious assault” was “part of a systematic series of attacks targeting hospitals, schools, shelters and tents for displaced Gaza, in the context of a systematic extermination war that violates all humanitarian and moral standards”.
PIJ accused Israel of sowing panic among patients and staff by issuing a warning shortly before the strike. “The international silence on Gaza strengths to become a cemetery for law and humanity,” he added.
International condemnation: “attacks on health care must stop”
Hospitals have special protection under international law. Israel, however, faced and attacked several times several times several times while accusing Hamas of using them as a blanket for its fighters. Last month, Israel struck the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, the largest hospital in the south of Gaza, killing two people and causing a large fire.
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the hospital was out of service and that a child was dead due to the disruption of care.
The hospital was also forced to move 50 patients in other health centers, but 40 critical patients could not be moved, added Tedros.
“Attacks on health care should stop,” wrote the WHO head on X. “Once again, we repeat: patients, health workers and hospitals must be protected. The help block must be lifted. Ceases.”
Al-Ahli Hospital in #Gaza is out of service after the evacuation order this morning and the attack – @OMS received an update from the hospital director. A child died due to a disruption of care.
The emergency room, the laboratory, the X -rays of the emergency room and the pharmacy …
– Tedros adhanom ghebreyesus (@Drtedros) April 13, 2025
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin also went to X to say that he was “dismayed by the missile strike at the Al-Ahli hospital”, which left “Northern Gaza short of emergency care”.
“The murder and targeting of civilians must end,” he added.
Dark by the missile strike at the Al-Ahli hospital, leaving Northern Gaza short of emergency care.
This is part of a broader and deeply unacceptable development in modern war.
The murder and targeting of civilians must end.
– Micheál Martin (@Michealmartintd) April 13, 2025
British Foreign Minister David Lammy said that the bombing of medical facilities by Israel has “overall access to health care” in the enclave.
“The Al-Ahli Hospital has been attacked several times since the start of the conflict. These deplorable attacks must end. Diplomacy, no more bloodshed, is how we will achieve lasting peace,” Lammy wrote on X.
Qatar said the attack on the last functional hospital in the north of Gaza was a “horrible massacre and a heinous crime against civilians” which was a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned the expansion of the cycle of violence through the region and said that the international community should assume its responsibilities in the protection of civilians.
Jordan has also condemned the attack as well as the systematic targeting of Israel of civilians in Gaza and the destruction of vital installations which provide essential services to its population.
Egypt also published a statement, qualifying the attack on serious violation of international humanitarian law and international standards and attractive the intervention of the international community to interrupt attacks.
Spreading a “odious crime … (and) a blatant violation of all international laws and standards”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia condemned the attack in the “strongest terms”.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called into question the modalities of the strike, but ceased to condemn the attack. “The cruel terror of Hamas must be fighting. But international humanitarian law applies, with a particular obligation to protect civil zones. How can a hospital be evacuated in less than 20 minutes? ” She asked in a post on X.
