Israel bombs hospital owned by Anglican diocese in Gaza as it expands ground invasion
The outpatient and laboratory wards of the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist hospital are seen after being hit by an Israeli army strike late Saturday, April 13, 2025
ISRAEL bombed the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City yesterday, the last major hospital providing critical healthcare in northern Gaza.
The bombing was part of a wave of air raids that killed at least 21 people. The hospital was hurriedly evacuated following a warning, with one girl dying because during the evacuation medics were unable to provide her with urgent care. Critically ill patients were wheeled out onto the street in their beds.
Al-Ahli is owned by the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, which condemned the decision to bomb a hospital, a war crime, on “Palm Sunday, the start of the most sacred week of the Christian year.” Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’s entry to Jerusalem.
More from this author
Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country's turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene
From renewable tech to alternatives to the dollar, BEN CHACKO was encouraged by an optimistic meeting held by the China Media Group this week
