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Kentucky New Era · 15 May 2021

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Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded

Isabel Debre and Fares Akram

Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded — Kentucky New Era, 15 May 2021
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Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16, 2021 KENTUCKY NEW ERA D3 BY ISABEL DEBRE City on Tuesday.

The strikes AND FARES AKRAM wreaked havoc on Hala ASSOCIATED PRESS al-Shawa Health Center, GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip forcing employees to evacu- - Just weeks ago, the Gaza ate, and damaged the Indo Strip's feeble health system nesian Hospital, according was struggling with a run- to the World Health Organi- away surge of coronavirus zation. Israel, already under cases.

Authorities cleared pressure from an Interna out hospital operating tional Criminal court inves rooms, suspended nones- tigation into possible war sential care and redeployed crimes during the 2014 war, doctors to patients having reiterated this week that it difficulty breathing. warns people living in tar- Then, the bombs began geted areas to flee.

The air- to fall. strikes nonetheless have This week's violence killed civilians and inflicted

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"Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded," Kentucky New Era, 15 May 2021. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2021-015. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2021-015

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