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Asia News Network
04-07-2025
- Health
- Asia News Network
Director of Indonesia Hospital in Gaza killed in Israeli airstrike
July 4, 2025 JAKARTA – The government and volunteer organizations have condemned the attacks that led to the death of Dr. Marwan al-Sultan, director of the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza, who was killed along with his wife and children by an Israeli airstrike that hit their house in the western part of the enclave. 'Our hearts are filled with sorrow, and words cannot express the magnitude of this loss,' a local volunteer of the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) in Gaza said in a post uploaded by the group on its Instagram account on Wednesday. The volunteer group funds the operation of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza. 'May Allah have mercy on their souls, grant them the best place in heaven and give fortitude to all who knew and loved them,' he went on to say. Marwan, an interventional cardiologist, and his family were among the casualties of a bombing by the Israeli military targeting residential areas and a school in Gaza on Wednesday, as reported by the Palestinian news agency WAFA. At least seven Palestinians were killed in the airstrike, with all casualties brought to Al-Shifa Medical Complex. Marwan has been working as a doctor at the Indonesia Hospital in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza since 2016, tending to the sick and wounded in the city. The hospital itself has been bombarded several times during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip that also targeted medical facilities in the area. In May, drone assaults inflicted severe structural damage to the hospital and disrupted critical medical services in its intensive care units. Despite Israel's continuous attacks and resources shortage, Marwan 'relentlessly led the Indonesia Hospital under grave circumstances' to provide essential medical services to the Palestinians, MER-C wrote in a statement. The group worked with Marwan to restore emergency services and full operations of the hospital between January and March. The volunteer group condemned the killing of the doctor and his family, calling the act 'a flagrant violation of humanitarian principles and a grave act of injustice that must be held accountable,' MER-C wrote. Responding to the death, the Foreign Ministry extended its condolences over Marwan's death and condemned the Israeli military's attack on the hospital director and his family. 'Indonesia appreciates [Marwan's] service, commitment and struggle for the sake of humanity and peace in Palestine,' the ministry wrote on its official X account on Thursday. It added that Indonesia would continue to repeat its call for the end of Israel's atrocities and a ceasefire in Palestine, while continuing to closely monitor the situation around the operation of the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza. Indonesia has been a fervent ally of the Palestinian cause, with President Prabowo Subianto stating that the country would 'continue to stand with Palestine' during a Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States (PUIC) in Jakarta in May. The President reiterated his support during a visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, where he and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Salman condemned Israel's policy of using humanitarian aid blockades and hunger as weapons against civilians in the Gaza Strip. Both leaders also rejected in a joint statement the forced relocation of Palestinians inside and outside their homeland, asserting that peace and stability in Palestine could only be reached through the two-state solution approach. Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip, where the war since October 2023 has created dire humanitarian conditions and displaced nearly all of the territory's population of more than two million. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to eradicate Hamas, whose 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war, even after the Palestinian militant group said it was studying new proposals for a ceasefire from mediators, AFP reported.
Arab News
03-07-2025
- Health
- Arab News
Shock in Jakarta, MPs demand action after Israel assassinates Indonesian hospital director
JAKARTA/DUBAI: Israel's assassination of Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, has sparked shock in Jakarta, with parliamentarians calling for new international accountability mechanisms to hold Israel legally responsible for its crimes in Gaza. A renowned cardiac surgeon and one of Palestine's most senior doctors, Dr. Al-Sultan graduated from Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Hyderabad, Pakistan, in 2001. He was killed along with his wife and children in an Israeli airstrike on their temporary residence in northern Gaza on Wednesday. His surviving daughter, Lubna, told the media that the missile 'targeted his room exactly, right where he was.' Her testimony confirmed statements from the Gaza Ministry of Health and the Jakarta-based Medical Emergency Rescue Committee — which funded the Indonesia Hospital in Beit Lahia — that the attack was a targeted assassination. 'The attack on Dr. Marwan was utterly savage and barbaric,' Dr. Sarbini Abdul Murad, chairman of MER-C's board of trustees, told Arab News. 'It was a shock to hear the news. I couldn't believe it. He was the only heart specialist left in the north. This is a huge loss.' The Indonesia Hospital in Beit Lahia, one of the biggest health facilities in Gaza, was one of the first targeted by Israel when it started its deadly war on the Palestinian enclave in October 2023. Dr. Al-Sultan had never left his post, remaining with patients through multiple Israeli offensives on the hospital and personally overseeing repairs to restore essential services, MER-C said in a statement recalling how in December 2024, he evacuated the facility while under Israeli siege. The moment was recorded on a mobile phone, showing Dr. Al-Sultan leaving only after he had ensured the safety of every patient. The Indonesia Hospital opened in late 2015. Coordinated by MER-C, its construction and equipment were financed from donations of the Indonesian people, with dozens of engineers and builders volunteering to design and build the facility and to prepare its operations. The killing of Dr. Al-Sultan has spurred outcry in Indonesia, with the government issuing an official condemnation and lawmakers from the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation calling on parliamentarians around the world to 'push for international accountability mechanisms' to ensure that 'crimes against humanity be immediately brought to international forums, including global parliamentary bodies, so that Israel can be held legally and morally accountable for its actions in Gaza.' Israel has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 133,000 others, since October 2023. The true death toll is feared to be much higher, with research published in The Lancet medical journal in January estimating an underreporting of deaths by 41 percent. The study says the death toll may be even higher, as it does not include deaths caused by starvation, injury and lack of access to health care, caused by the Israeli military's destruction of most of Gaza's infrastructure and the blocking of medical and food aid. Data from the UN and international health organizations shows that Israel has killed at least 492 doctors and medics in Gaza since October 2023. Dr. Al-Sultan is the 70th health care worker to be killed in the last 50 days, according to Healthcare Workers Watch. 'He was a prominent medical figure, both as a heart specialist and director of the Indonesia Hospital,' Dr. Hadiki Habib, chairman of MER-C's executive committee, told Arab News. 'We had feared that this could happen, but he had said that he would remain in Gaza and, if he were to be martyred, it would be in his homeland.'
Al Bawaba
02-07-2025
- Health
- Al Bawaba
Over 170 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel intensifies assault
ALBAWABA- At least 70 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn Wednesday, including 11 civilians who were targeted while waiting for humanitarian aid. The death toll over the past 24 hours has surged to more than 170, making it one of the deadliest days in Israel's ongoing war on Gaza. Among the victims was the director of Gaza's Indonesia Hospital, who was killed alongside his wife and five children in an Israeli airstrike. Six more people were reported killed in Khan Younis. The situation inside the reception department is catastrophic. No doctors to follow up on patients, no proper spaces for care, and no enough ambulances for emergency cases. — TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) July 2, 2025 At the same time, Gaza's Health Ministry said over 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,278 wounded at Gaza Health Facilities (GHF) alone since the start of Israel's military campaign. Israeli officials have continued to issue menacing rhetoric, with one declaring, 'Everything will turn to dust' in Gaza City, a stark reflection of the scorched-earth strategy being pursued. Since the war began in October 2023, at least 57,012 Palestinians have been killed and 134,592 injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In the last 24 hours alone, 142 bodies were brought to hospitals, and 487 people were injured. Many more remain trapped under rubble as ongoing bombardments severely hinder rescue operations. Israel resumed full-scale attacks on March 18, violating a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal brokered earlier this year. Since then, an additional 6,454 Palestinians have been killed and 22,551 wounded. In parallel, diplomatic efforts are ongoing. Hamas announced it is reviewing what U.S. President Donald Trump has described as a "final" ceasefire proposal. The group said it conducts "national consultations" on proposals from the Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Hamas stated that its priority is to reach an agreement that ensures an end to the aggression, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid. President Trump claimed that Israel had agreed to a 60-day truce and warned Hamas that rejecting the deal would only lead to further devastation. "It will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE," he said. In his first public remarks since Trump's announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his hardline stance: 'There will not be a Hamas. There will not be a Hamastan. We're not going back to that. It's over.' Meanwhile, legal pressure continues to mount. In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Arab News
20-05-2025
- Health
- Arab News
Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza nears collapse after renewed Israeli strikes
Jakarta: The Indonesia Hospital, one of the last partially functional medical centers in northern Gaza, is nearing collapse after days of Israeli strikes on its key infrastructure, the Jakarta-based nongovernmental organization funding the facility said on Tuesday. The hospital in Beit Lahiya, a four-story building located near the Jabalia refugee camp, was built from donations organized by the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee. Like other healthcare facilities in Gaza, it has been targeted by Israel's new military onslaught on the besieged enclave, in which hundreds of people were killed in the past three days. 'A quadcopter targeted the hospital's generators. Two of them were destroyed in the ensuing fire. Our water supply has been disrupted, and people aren't able to enter or exit the hospital area because there's a risk of being shot,' Dr. Hadiki Habib, chairman of MER-C's executive committee, told Arab News. At least 31 people were trapped inside the Indonesia Hospital as of Tuesday morning, including eight health workers and bedridden patients. The Indonesia Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital are the only two hospitals still treating patients in northern Gaza, Habib added, as Israeli attacks have forced most public hospitals in the area out of service. Israel launched a new ground operation, called Operation Gideon's Chariots, across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following over two months of total blockade on the enclave after Tel Aviv unilaterally broke a ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas in March. But Israeli forces have carried out brutal attacks in hundreds of locations across Gaza in the lead-up to the operation, killing hundreds of Palestinians. The latest offensive comes as Israel continues its onslaught of Gaza that began in October 2023 and has killed more than 53,400 Palestinians and wounded over 121,000 more. The deadly attacks have also pushed 2 million others to starvation after Israeli forces destroyed most of the region's infrastructure and buildings and blocked humanitarian aid. It was only on Monday that Israel's military said it allowed five aid trucks into Gaza, though according to the UN, the enclave needs at least 500 trucks of aid and commercial goods every day. 'It's very sad and heartbreaking. The Indonesia Hospital is barely functioning. All logistics needs have been blocked by Israel and there are threats against healthcare workers to leave and empty the facility,' Sarbini Abdul Murad, chairman of MER-C's board of trustees in Jakarta, told Arab News. The Indonesia Hospital was one of the first targets hit when Israel began its assault on Gaza, in which it regularly targets medical facilities. Attacks on health centers, medical personnel and patients constitute war crimes under the 1949 Geneva Convention. 'There is no place left that is safe from Israel's pursuit,' Murad said. 'For the sake of humanity, the international community must pressure Israel to agree to a ceasefire so that we can stop this humanitarian tragedy.'
India Today
29-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Fact Check: 2023 video from Gaza VIRAL as India's revenge on Pakistan after Pahalgam attack
On the night of April 28-29, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control for the fifth consecutive time following the terror attack in Pahalgam. Pakistan's defence minister said on April 28 that 'a military incursion' by India was imminent in the aftermath of the Pahalgam a video of people running helter-skelter amid heavy bombardment at a distance is being widely shared online with the claim that India conducted this attack at the India-Pakistan border to avenge the Pahalgam massacre. advertisementSharing the video on Facebook, one person wrote, 'Pakistan situation now. Bharat Mata Ki Jai. #Pahalgam Terror Attack.' India Today Fact Check, however, found that this video is from the Gaza Strip, and is more than a year ProbeReverse-searching keyframes from the viral video led us to a Facebook post from November 10, 2023, by Omar Suleiman, an American Islamic scholar and civil rights activist. Its caption stated that Israel dropped bombs on the Indonesia Hospital outside the Jabalia Refugee Camp in then found multiple news reports about this incident. According to them, people fled from a hospital in Beit Lahia in Gaza during an Israeli strike in a nearby street. An Al Jazeera video report about this featured the viral clip, along with some other footage from the Per reports, hundreds of people were injured in this Israeli airstrike near the Indonesia Hospital, which was opened in Beit Lahia in 2015. The hospital, built from donations raised by an NGO, was one of the last remaining hospitals in Gaza. A week before this attack, the Israeli military had claimed that Hamas was using this hospital 'to hide an underground command and control center'.Back in October 2024, the same video was shared on social media as Israel's attack on Iran. We had debunked it at the time as is thus clear that a 2023 video from Gaza was falsely linked to the ongoing India-Pakistan tensions. Want to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
