Thirty people dead inside besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital

A Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) orthopaedic surgeon currently sheltering in the besieged Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has reported that the situation in the medical facility is "disastrous".

“There is death in all types and forms in Kamal Adwan hospital and north Gaza. The bombardment does not stop. The artillery does not stop. The planes do not stop. There is heavy shelling, and the hospital is targeted too. It just looks like a movie; it does not seem real," Dr Mohammed Obeid said in a voice note shared by the NGO.

He reported that the hospital is overwhelmed, and has no medical or surgical equipment to treat the injured.

Ambulances "cannot move," and are therefore unable to reach bodies or injured people strewn across the streets.

"Many of them died before reaching the hospital, and others died inside the hospital as we could not treat their wounds," Obeid said.

He reported that there are currently 30 people dead inside the hospital, and around 130 injured patients who require urgent care.

"We feel hopeless. I just don’t have words," he said.