Three Indonesian hospital volunteers in Gaza confirmed safe

The Indonesian Hospital has been surrounded and attacked by the Israeli military since last Sunday.

 

Jakarta (Indonesia Window) – Three Indonesian volunteers who are at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, Palestine, are confirmed to be in safe condition and are awaiting the evacuation process.

This news was confirmed after the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) was able to contact one of the volunteers, Reza Ardilla, who was still at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza.

“The three volunteers are currently waiting for evacuation,” MER-C said in a statement to journalists, Wednesday (22/11) afternoon.

Previously, the MINA News Agency received information that three MER-C volunteers were taken hostage by Israeli troops in a further military attack by the colonialist after all patients and medical staff at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza were evacuated for four hours on Wednesday (22/11) morning starting at 08.00 local time.

Meanwhile, 2,600 patients, displaced civilians and medical staff are still inside the hospital under Israeli siege in the northern Gaza Strip awaiting the evacuation process.

Of this number, there are around 400 injured people and their companions who are still in the hospital, in addition to 200 medical personnel and around 2,000 refugees.

The Indonesian Hospital has been surrounded and attacked by the Israeli military since last Sunday.

Israel had also launched various attacks on other health facilities in Gaza, including Al Shifa Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the region.

The order to evacuate the Indonesian hospital and the threat of an attack in the next four hours took place when Israel announced a four-day ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that Israel will continue its aggression against Gaza until its goals are achieved.

Reporting by Indonesia Window