Israel’s attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Nuseirat home in northern Gaza

In an airstrike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of Gaza Strip, Israel killed at least 26 people and injured more than 60, according to Al-Awda Hospital.

According to civil defense agency spokesman Mahmoud Basal, the raid took place on Friday evening and “damaged several neighboring houses.”

As Beit Lahiya and the surrounding area in northern Gaza were under Israeli military siege for several deadly attacks over the past day.

Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance, which was captured on video in a clip that was verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.

Attacking a hospital

According to Dr. Eid Sabbah, the hospital’s director of nursing, Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday under the cover of heavy artillery fire and airstrikes.

“People who we didn’t know were brought inside the hospital with weapons and speakers and uniforms,” said Sabbah.

“They sent a message to]hospital director] Dr Hussam Abu Safia and his colleagues… to evacuate the hospital, including patients and medical staff. They asked them to evacuate towards the tanks”, he said.

“This procedure resulted in the fatalities of four hospital staff members, among whom 30 were inside the hospital.” They were targeted and killed”.

Additionally, it’s said that Israeli soldiers used drones inside the hospital to attack Palestinians.

Medical facilities, their staff and vehicles are protected under the Geneva Convention.

Trapping frightened people

The Israeli military is using the medical facility as a “trap,” according to Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, who has extensive experience as an emergency surgeon in Gaza.

“This has been repeatedly happening. Israeli forces … attack the surroundings, then when people run to the hospital for help they attack the hospital”, Gilbert said.

“It therefore appears that the Israeli military is using Kamal Adwan as a means of capturing or killing those who want to.”

The Israeli military was charged with a war crime in Kamal Adwan by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Friday.

According to the World Health Organization, Israeli forces apparently did not give warning to the staff, bombing the facility.

To justify its actions, Israel claims Hamas fighters are using civilian buildings, including hospitals and schools, for operational cover throughout the 14-month Gaza war.

Hamas has refuted this, accusing Israel of arbitrary bombings and assaults.