Hanan Awda: My leg was amputated due to the bombing, but I remained without treatment or medication in the hospital

Mahmoud Al-Qateel: They forced me to take off my clothes and remain naked, and they arrested most of the medical staff and companions

Mahmoud Hamdona: A scene from the Day of Judgment.. They surrounded us with tanks and shelling and we were left without food or water

Abu Safiya: The health system is collapsing, and the wounded who arrive at Kamal Adwan Hospital die due to lack of resources.

“They forced us out of the school, and as soon as we started going down the stairs, they bombed us,” said the wounded Hanan Awda, describing the moment she fled amidst the death from the school to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. She did not know that one of her sons would be martyred and the others would be injured.

Under the showers of live bullets from the quadcopter plane and the violent artillery and air bombardment, Hanan fled to the hospital, believing it to be the safest place, but she forgot that the occupation does not differentiate between a hospital and a school, and the entire sector is under attack.

Awda told Al-Quds.com: “Inside the hospital, I remained without treatment or medication, knowing that my right leg was amputated as a result of the Israeli bombing, and I need dressings and painkillers.”

At exactly one o'clock after midnight, large forces of the Israeli occupation army stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital. Hanan recounts: "They forced us to go down to the hospital yard, and we remained in the open for 24 hours, without food, drink, or even treatment."

She added: “They then transferred us to the children’s section inside the hospital, where they arrested some of the women and left others, and I was left alone with those who suffer from motor disabilities like me.”

Brutal storming of the hospital with police dogs

In the other section of the hospital, Mahmoud al-Qateel, who was injured in the back, lies. He tells what happened to him at the moment of the raid to “I” and “Al-Quds” Dot Com: “Suddenly, the occupation forces stormed all the hospital sections, accompanied by police dogs, and forced all the medical staff and companions to leave. They arrested most of them, and then forced the patients and injured to go out to the hospital yard.”

The occupation does not differentiate between a sick person, an injured person, or a child. All civilians in Gaza are subject to arrest and abuse. So what happened to you? He answers: “They forced me to take off my clothes and remain completely naked, not to mention cursing us all with obscene, vulgar words.”

Not only that, but the Israeli soldiers prevented the injured and sick from receiving treatment. He added: “We were left without food or drink throughout the hospital siege.”

The bodies of the martyrs are in the streets, being devoured by dogs.

In the building next to the hospital, the young man Mahmoud Hamduna was staying with his family and a number of other displaced people. He told “I” and “Al-Quds”: “We heard the sound of tanks approaching us, artillery firing its shells randomly, and soldiers calling through loudspeakers to leave the buildings next to the hospital.”

For about five days, Hamdona and his companions remained trapped inside the building, without food or water. He continues: “We were eating dates, and water was very scarce, so we would cut off our water so that it would remain for the children, and we would only eat what would keep us alive.”

He recalls the moment of the storming: “They surrounded us with their tanks from four sides, and the artillery and air bombardment did not stop, not to mention the quadcopter that did not leave the sky of the area.”

He describes those days as: “A scene from the Day of Judgment... like a Hollywood movie,” adding: “We lived through moments of terror, only God knows about them.”

The Israeli army withdrew from the hospital and its surroundings, so what did you do after that? He answers: “We did not go out in groups, but individually, so that the occupation would not commit a massacre against us. We recovered as many bodies as we could of the martyrs in the streets. Most of them were decomposed, and stray dogs had devoured their bodies.” He adds: “There are many bodies under the rubble. There is no civil defense to remove the rubble to recover them.”

Regarding the situation in the northern Gaza Strip, Hamdona describes it, saying: “It is very difficult and tragic. The north needs medical teams, rescue teams, and civil defense to retrieve the martyrs and search for the missing.”

There are no ambulances in the northern Gaza Strip.

In turn, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, Hussam Abu Safiya, announced the complete collapse of the health system in the region. He said: "Everyone who arrives at the hospital from the wounded from the Israeli raids dies due to the lack of capabilities."

He continued: "There is no way to transport the injured. The injured who reach us either come themselves or are transported by citizens. During this journey, their blood runs out and they die."

He called for the entry of ambulances and fuel, after the Israeli army destroyed several vehicles and put them out of service, noting that there are no ambulances in the northern Gaza Strip.