By Anadolu Agency
October 14, 2023 4:08 pmAMMAN, Jordan
A field hospital in the embattled Gaza Strip run by neighboring Jordan reportedly can no longer provide health care due to Israeli attacks and the disruption of access roads.
The hospital in Gaza is out of service due to damage inflicted by Israeli attacks, as well as Israeli bombing of surrounding areas and the disruption of access roads, as reported on Jordan’s official television channel on Saturday.
Established in 2009 under the Jordanian military, the Jordan Field Hospital used to provide free medical services to around 1,000-1,200 people daily.
The hospital has fallen apparent victim to conflict that began a week ago, when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood – a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea and air.
Hamas said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.
The Israeli military then launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.
That response has extended into cutting water and electricity supplies to Gaza, further worsening the living conditions in an area that endured a crippling siege since 2007, as well as ordering over a million Gazans to evacuate from the strip’s north to the south in less than 24 hours.
In the attacks from Gaza, so far 1,300 Israelis have died, while 2,215 people in Gaza, including 724 children and 458 women, have been killed, and 8,714 injured.
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