However, after 200 days of war between Israel and Hamas militants, the hospital lies in ruins.

Alewah returned to inspect the charred emergency reception room and found a decomposed body on the ground.

During the conflict, Al-Shifa served as a safe haven for thousands of injured Palestinians and those fleeing the Israeli onslaught.

(REUTERS) In April 2024, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the largest medical facility, was destroyed during a two-week Israeli raid.

Thousands of wounded had previously been treated there, but the hospital lacked sufficient medical equipment and fuel for generators.

The Israeli military accused militants of using tunnels beneath the hospital as a command center and killed over 200 militants during the conflict.

The raid left the hospital in ruins, and Palestinian forensic and civil defense teams recovered bodies from the grounds.

The text reports on the destruction of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, which is governed by Hamas.

Hamas denies using the hospital for military purposes, but footage from two weeks after the siege shows extensive damage.

The UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Turk, was horrified by the destruction and called for an independent investigation.

Al-Shifa is a significant healthcare facility for the northern part of Gaza, and its destruction is lamented by the WHO and its director, Dr. Basem Alewah.

The international community and WHO are urged to help rebuild the hospital.

A rehabilitation medical committee in Gaza, headed by Marwan Abu Saada, is facing challenges due to a lack of operating theaters to treat patients, particularly those with heart conditions and on dialysis.

Thirty-two hospitals and 53 dispensaries are currently out of commission in Gaza due to the war, leaving 77,100 people wounded in need of medical attention.

The head of the committee remains hopeful and is working on building an emergency department in another part of the hospital complex.

A resident of Rimal, Adham Qneita, expressed his desire for the war to end and expressed feelings of hopelessness amidst the devastation of flattened apartment buildings.

A man expressed feelings of being overlooked to AFP news agency.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas began on October 7 when Hamas fighters initiated an unprecedented attack, resulting in over 1,170 deaths, mostly civilians, according to AFP's count based on Israeli figures.

Israel aimed to eliminate Hamas, leading to a military offensive in Gaza that resulted in at least 34,183 deaths, primarily women and children, according to the Gaza health ministry.