Patients flee as flames engulf Gaza hospital: medics

[DogPoundPup]

In scenes of utter panic, patients who had been wounded in the ongoing war in the territory could be seen trying to struggle from their beds, an AFP photographer at the scene said.

At least three prematurely-born babies were being wheeled out of the hospital in their incubators along with three patients who had been on life-support machines.

The sound of Israeli gunfire could also be heard in the neighbourhood where Al-Quds hospital is situated.

Dozens of families had arrived there at dawn loaded down with babies, toddlers and children after scores of Israeli tanks had roared into the area, sparking furious battles with Palestinian fighters.

more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2467224.htm?section=justin

[bushmeister0]

1. But, but, Hamas fired 30 rockets into some Israeli farmland!!!!

(sarcasm)

[GoesTo11]

4. How smart was that?

(sarcasm)

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[EFerrari]

3. I was just listening to al jazeera english and the doc in charge of the er

of one of these hospitals (couldn't see which one) said there had been two different attacks today, both with no warning at all.

[DogPoundPup]

6. Israel's emmo

attack the weak and defenseless behind the cover of armored tanks, from the sky and from ships out in the sea.

[excess_3]

5. a bad place for Palis' fighters to make a stand

just my opinion

[DogPoundPup]

7. your opinion is noted

but of no value

[EFerrari]

8. Right. The Burn Unit should have scrambled somewhere else.

:puke:

[DogPoundPup]

9. Death toll from Israel offensive soars amid diplomatic moves

GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israel's offensive on Gaza ploughed on into its 21st day on Friday after new deadly strikes that set ablaze the enclave, while diplomatic efforts gathered pace and Hamas offered a conditional truce.

The Israeli army said it will lock down the occupied West Bank for 48 hours as Hamas called for a day of "wrath" on Friday against the offensive on Gaza, as the death toll soared.

Gaza medics said that 1,105 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched Operation Cast Lead on December 27, including 355 children, with at least 5,130 people wounded.

At least 50 Palestinians were killed in fighting on Thursday, including a top Hamas leader, as tanks pressed into the heart of Gaza City setting landmark buildings ablaze, including a hospital filled with refugees.

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A tide of terrified civilians, many gripping wailing children, fled the advancing Israeli troops as warplanes pounded the impoverished enclave in a bid to stem Palestinian rocket fire.

Hundreds of people took shelter in the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood but after nightfall they were forced to flee the facility engulfed in flames.

Patients who had been wounded in the fighting could be seen struggling to get out of their beds only to head out into an icy night pierced by gunfire, according to an AFP photographer.

At least three babies in incubators and three people on life support were wheeled out into the flame-lit streets.

Despite the onslaught, Gaza militants continued to rain rockets and mortar rounds on southern Israel, where 25 projectiles crashed on Thursday wounding five people, one of them seriously, the army and medics said.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090116/ts_afp/mideastconflictgazaunsuspend

[DogPoundPup]

10. And we thought today was the worst possible, FRIDAY...Day of Wrath?

Jesus Christ!