Palestinians mourn director of key Gaza hospital killed in Israeli strike

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00:00Outside Al Shifa Hospital, Gazans mourn an irreplaceable loss as the body of Dr. Marwan

00:07Al Sultan is brought in. He was the director of the Indonesian Hospital, a critical medical

00:13facility in northern Gaza, until it was evacuated by Israeli troops several weeks ago. According

00:20to witnesses, Al Sultan was killed along with his wife and several other family members

00:25in an Israeli strike on his flat west of Gaza City. Daughter Lubna spoke to the press.

00:32Suddenly an F-16 missile directly targeted his room. The entire house was fine, except

00:38for his room, which was hit directly by the missile. His whole life was devoted to medicine

00:44and the struggle to treat patients. There is no justification for targeting him.

00:48The Palestinian organization Healthcare Workers' Watch told The Guardian newspaper that Al

00:56Sultan is the 70th medical professional killed by Israel in the last 50 days. The total since

01:03the war began now exceeds 1,400, according to the UN, which says there are now no functioning

01:10hospitals in north Gaza.

01:15Killing doctors and medical staff, besieging hospitals and killing patients. Stop this madness.

01:26Meanwhile in central Gaza, Al Orda Hospital reported a strike next to a school housing displaced Palestinians,

01:33which killed eight people, including three children. The Israeli military blames Hamas for using civilians

01:39as human shields. It's issued more evacuation warnings, this time for three neighborhoods of

01:45Gaza City.

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