Al-Shifa hospital barely functioning as Gaza City attacks surge again

After months of a targeted Israeli assault on al-Shifa hospital, the Gaza City medical complex has been turned into nothing more than a first aid station.

Most services have been shuttered, including surgery and x-ray departments, as well as operation rooms. 

With many specialists and nurses either arrested or forced to flee, only a few volunteers remain to provide basic medical care. 

Wounded people continue to be brought to the hospital, though complex operations are impossible to perform. 

In recent days, Israeli forces increased attacks in Gaza City after two weeks of relative camp in northern Gaza, raising fear for those in the city who have little to no access to medical care. 

Reporting by Mohammed al-Hajjar in Gaza City