Gaza City Hospitals Under Israeli Attacks, Forcing Patients to Flee
Gaza (QNN)- Two hospitals in Gaza City have been under relentless Israeli attacks since Sunday, with doctors describing ‘horrific scenes’ as the attacks forced many patients to flee despite needing urgent care. Premature babies are also reported to be among those affected.
What Is Happening?
The military hit Al Helou Hospital, which includes a neonatal unit where 12 premature babies are being cared for, as well as a cancer ward, with two artillery rounds.
Medical sources said that more than 90 people – doctors, nurses and patients – remain trapped inside the hospital.
Al-Helou Hospital in the Al-Nassr district of Gaza City sustained heavy damage following Israeli strikes yesterday. pic.twitter.com/AgadHaoGnA
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 29, 2025
Doctors inside al-Shifa Hospital have also described “horrific scenes” as Israeli attacks forced many patients to flee despite needing urgent care.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the medical complex remains operational, and continues to provide services to patients “despite the difficult current situation and the major challenges facing the health sector”.
Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital, has been repeatedly hit and raided during the war, with medical staff warning of critical shortages of fuel, medicine and equipment due to Israel’s blockade on the enclave with much of the building destroyed.
Earlier, Israeli drones dropped bombs in the vicinity of the hospital.
Footage circulating on social media shows heavy gunfire in the vicinity of al-Shifa.
In recent days, the hospital’s director Muhammad Abu Salmiya said that his team was committed to keeping the facility running as long as possible amid the escalating Israeli offensive, saying “thousands will die” if it went out of service.
The attacks is the latest in a series of strikes on Gaza’s already decimated healthcare system, where hospitals continue to be besieged, targeted and deprived of essential medical supplies.
According to testimonies obtained by researchers at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the Israeli forces used fire belts, which are incendiary weapons that cause flames to rise across a strip of land, and deployed explosive-laden vehicles around the hospital as military units advanced from the northern and eastern sides of the hospital.
Medical staff said the bombardments led to the suspension of many procedures as doctors and nurses could not reach the hospital and some were killed in the attacks.
Dr Hasan al-Sha’ir, the medical director of al-Shifa, told researchers that staff continued working “despite the harsh conditions and overwhelming fear”, recalling earlier sieges of the hospital when Israeli forces killed and arrested medical personnel.
He said at least 100 patients are currently receiving treatment in “extremely difficult circumstances” with shortages of life-saving drugs and medical equipment.
Gaza City Under Israeli Assault
Hundreds of Palestinians are being forcibly displaced each day by Israel’s ongoing, indiscriminate bombing of Gaza City, which is killing dozens of civilians daily.
Families are fleeing south, following Israeli threats to head to the so-called ‘safe zone’ of al-Mawasi, an area that is overcrowded and has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces.
According to local sources on the ground, Gaza City is being systematically emptied, building by building, family by family.
Sources added that Israeli forces have intensified their attacks on Gaza City, destroying dozens of residential buildings and shelters.
Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel has carried out “systematic bombing of towers, residential buildings, schools and civilian institutions with the aim of extermination and forced displacement” as its offensive on Gaza City continues.
Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said, “What is falling on Gaza is not just missiles, but barrels of fire and destructive volcanic lava that burn the land and everything on it.”
This comes amid Israeli plans to occupy Gaza City and ethnically cleansing the northern city of its residents by forcibly displacing them.
Heavy bombardment pounded the city, and forces began moving in from the outskirts after weeks of deadly strikes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the launch of “a powerful operation in Gaza” that began on Tuesday, dubbed Gideon’s Chariots 2.
The deadly assault on Gaza City was met with celebration in Israel, as Defense Minister Israel Katz said that “Gaza [City] is burning.”
The offensive began the same day that independent experts commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council confirmed that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Israel’s military said on Monday it is deepening its offensive in Gaza City.
