Dozens live in packed corridors of European hospital in Khan Younis

(23 Apr 2024)
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Khan Younis, Gaza - 23 April 2024
1. Mid of overcrowded corridor inside Gaza European hospital
2. Various of displaced people inside hospital corridors
3. Various of woman cooking inside hospital
4. People sleeping in hospital corridor
5. Tilt up showing exterior of hospital building surrounded by tents
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saleh AL Hams, Nursing director in Gaza European hospital:
"The presence of displaced people in the hospital corridors hinders the health system, affecting the entry and exit of the emergency and X-ray units, among other sections. Therefore, the idea was born to evacuate the patients who have completed their treatments and their families, as well as the displaced people in the corridors, to a camp that provides essential life necessities. This can help them to stay and continue their lives. This idea is unrelated to any invasion operations or any rumors concerning that."
7. Various of tents in hospital grounds
8. Set up of Zohair Dawla, displaced from Gaza city, walking inside his tent
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zohair Dawla, displaced from Gaza City:
"We were told here in the hospital that the displaced people are going to be transferred. Around 20,000 displaced persons in Gaza European Hospital will all be moved to the Mawasi area in Khan Younis. Overcrowded, displacement, death and homelessness - honestly, the thought of moving us again frightens us. We will be displaced once more to an area where we do not know what is happening, but we are praying to God that the war ends before we face a new episode of homelessness, killing and genocide."
10. Establisher of Fedaa Mady, displaced mother from beach camp, baking inside hospital
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fedaa Mady, displaced mother from beach camp:
"We are sleeping here in a corridor. Yes, it is inconvenient, but it is better than any other place; there's water and electricity. My son gets sick every once in a while, and I want to stay here in the hospital for my son's sake. We are living among the injured here."
12. Various of woman washing clothes in corridor
13. Exterior of hospital, ambulances outside
14. Pan right showing dozens of tents in newly constructed camp
15. Pan across tent camp
16. Various of camp
17. Close-up on sign reading (Arabic) "Resilience camp, 500 tents"
STORYLINE:
In Khan Younis dozens of displaced people are living in the packed corridors of the European hospital, where health workers struggle to assist the sick and injured.
The families cook, sleep and wash clothes inside the hospital.
Fedaa Mady, a displaced mother from beach camp, said she felt safer there despite the over crowding.
"We are sleeping here in a corridor. Yes, it is inconvenient, but it is better than any other place; there's water and electricity. My son gets sick every once in a while, and I want to stay here in the hospital for my son's sake. We are living among the injured here."
Khan Younis has been targeted by repeated Israeli military operations over recent weeks.
Israel says it plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah during an anticipated offensive on the southern city.
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge there during the war.
Dr. Saleh al-Hams, director of the nursery department at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, said that tents were being set up to house these displaced people whose presence hinders the provision of health care.
Images taken Sunday show the tent compound has grown.
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[@shahzadrizvi4271]

Ya Allah raham 😢

[@tdrs1765]

No idea why Europeans give those people a single cent. They are who either tolerated or supported Hamas for longer than the Germans supported their leaders 1933-45.

[@Mirwankhilji]

LoL who is talking about hi8lar who himself playing role of German in 1933 to 1945 .Palestine will be free no matter whatever Zionist terrorist doing to day

[@Mirwankhilji]

They are tolerating German 2.0 since 75 years

[@tdrs1765]

@@Mirwankhilji if this were Germany 1944 2.0, there wouldn’t be a single Arab left. But even inside Israel there are millions of them.

[@tdrs1765]

@@Mirwankhilji those Gaza people have no idea of how lucky they are. Other countries, much less humanitarian than Israel, would have killed them all or wouldn’t care at all - like Arab countries. Back to Germany: in every average allied raid on a German middle-sized towns more civilians died than Palestinians in all wars up from 1947 together. Face reality on that planet

[@MojaKuhinjaMyKitchen]

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