More than a year after it was taken out of service by Israeli bombing, the Al-Nasr eye hospital in Gaza City reopens its doors.
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00:00More than a year after it was taken out of service by Israeli bombing, the Al-Nasr Eye
00:05Hospital in Gaza City reopens its doors.
00:08According to the Under-Secretary for the Gaza Ministry of Health, the opening comes while
00:12the Palestinians are still grieving the destruction and burning of the Kamal Adwan Hospital and
00:19the destruction of the Indonesian hospital.
00:21A United Nations report published Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals
00:27in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian Territory on the verge of
00:32collapse.
00:33According to the report, there have been at least 136 strikes on 27 hospitals and 12 other
00:40medical facilities, leaving significant casualties among doctors, nurses, medics and other civilians
00:46and causing significant damage or complete destruction to civilian infrastructure since
00:51October 7, 2023.
00:57This opening comes while we are grieving the destruction and burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital
01:01and the destruction of the Indonesian hospital.
01:04This is our message to the world, that we are a people who deserve life, that our sick
01:08deserve to live.
01:11Emergency services will operate 24-7, as well as various surgical services and short-stay
01:25daily care services in the hospital.