On October 14, an Israeli airstrike targeted an area housing displaced people inside the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Al-Aqsa Hospital compound in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, resulting in 65 wounded and 5 dead. The hospital compound has been hit seven times since March 2024, including three times within the last month.
“It’s a scene of devastation,” says Eliza Sabatini, MSF nurse. “Tents caught on fire while people were sleeping. The hospital treated 40 patients, including 10 children and 8 women; many of them with severe burns. Twenty-five more injured patients had to be referred due to the lack of capacity.”
A few hours before the airstrike on the hospital compound, another strike hit a school used as a shelter in Nuseirat camp, north of Deir al-Balah. Dozens of wounded people were brought to Al-Aqsa, overwhelming the hospital and medical staff.
