there is growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza. the biggest, al shifa hospital, is not functioning at all according to the world health organization. this map shows all of the gaza hospitals. you this map shows all of gaza s hospitals marked by the red dots the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al shifa hospital in gaza. here s some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can t move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 it was 39 three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, bec
organization. this map shows all of gaza s hospitals marked by the red dots the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al shifa hospital. here s some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can t move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 it was 39 three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, because of the bombardment two days ago to the main oxygen generator. they had a lack of oxygen, and today we lost another baby because of this atmosphere and environment. i m afraid that we will lose all of these
the biggest, al shifa, is not functioning at all according to the world health organization. this map shows all of the gaza hospitals. marked by the red dots the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al shifa hospital. here s some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can t move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 it was 39, three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, because of the bombardment two days ago to the main oxygen generator. they had a lack of oxygen, and today we lost another baby becaus
compromised this hour. the two largest al shifa and al-quds, have said they are suspending operations. staff claim israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine, mean patients including babies could die. israel s military said it has offered to evacuate newborn babies and claims hamas has command centres close to the hospitals. we ll have more detail in a moment. first this report from lucy williamson. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces overnight. this was bani suheila near khan younis this morning in the south of gaza. our correspondent there heard people screaming for help under the rubble. israel has told people to move south, to avoid the fighting in the north. but the search for shelter here is still a deadly gamble of daily life. samira fled south from the bombardment at al shifa hospital in gaza city. translation: we thought the hospital was a safe place, but it wasn t. - if we had stayed there another five minutes, we would
followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. dr marwan abu saada, a general surgeon at the al shifa hospital, told the bbc that the situation was desperate. here in shifa, i m hearing the shooting and bombardment everywhere around me in shifa hospital. it s a horrible situation now, and some of the displaced people moved, evacuated from shifa because it is not a safe place to stay in it, but our staff is still there, and our patients in the department is still there, and we are taking all the casualties. today they bombarded some of our displaced people who were here in shifa, they moved to one shelter to the school, and the other school, they were under attack, and more than 15 people were killed at that moment. israeli tanks are reported to have surrounded several other hospitals in