Hospitals targeted amid heavy Israeli bombardment

More than a week of Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip has obliterated a number of buildings, roads and impeded ambulance and emergency services access to vital locations, according to Palestine's Ministry of Information.

The ministry reported that Israeli air strikes damaged more than 1,000 residential units, as well as 36 schools and primary health care clinics.

The ministry estimates that $18m worth of damage has been done to streets and infrastructure in the besieged strip.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has raised concerns over Israel's devastating air operation, which it said has been "incredibly heavy and stronger than previous bombing campaigns".

"Emergency health workers are taking incredible but necessary risks to move around ... our teams were confronted with serious injuries caused by the Israeli police to men, women and children," Hellen Ottens-Patterson, the head of MSF said.

Last night, an MSF clinic in #Gaza where we provide trauma and burn treatment was damaged by Israeli aerial bombardment, leaving a sterilization room unusable and a waiting area damaged. No one was injured in our clinic, but people were killed by the bombing. pic.twitter.com/Dwol0EPXEr
— MSF International (@MSF) May 16, 2021