Al Jazeera Net correspondents
Oman – Only a few days have passed since the Jordanian Armed Forces dropped urgent medical aid using parachutes to the Jordanian field hospital in… Gaza stripUntil yesterday evening, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces bombed the vicinity of the Jordanian Military Hospital, wounding 7 hospital staff.
Minister of Government Communications and spokesman for the Jordanian government, Muhannad Mubaidin, blamed the Israeli occupation for bombing the hospital, and in his interview with Al Jazeera Net, he considered that targeting the field hospital in Gaza came as a result of the Jordanian position towards the ongoing aggression against the people of Gaza.
The Jordanian government had confirmed that it was awaiting the results of the investigation initiated by the armed forces “to take the necessary legal and political steps against this heinous crime.”
Testimony of a Palestinian citizen from inside the Jordanian field hospital in #Gaza After being targeted by the occupation and wounding 7 hospital staff #Aljazeera live #Gaza_moment_by_moment pic.twitter.com/mU80Ednqz2
– Al Jazeera Mubasher (@ajmubasher) November 15, 2023
Jordanian position
Moubaideen explained that the bombing of the hospital gives an indication of the extent of Israeli discomfort with the Jordanian positions towards the aggression against civilians in Gaza, adding, “We have the honor to confront the matter, and we condemn the bombing of the hospital in the strongest terms.”
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Jordanian Foreign Minister said Ayman Al-Safadi Israel will not be able to claim that there is a tunnel under the field hospital in Gaza, stressing that the Kingdom will not accept a justification for bombing the vicinity of the hospital, and considered that the bombing of the vicinity of the Jordanian hospital is “an extension of Israeli war crimes.”
Al-Safadi added in television statements, “Based on the results of the investigation, we will take the next steps,” pointing out that “Israel, as the occupying power, is obligated not to hinder the Jordanian field hospital from carrying out its tasks.”
A statement by the Islah parliamentary bloc also condemned “in the strongest terms and the utmost degree of anger the cowardly, sinful attack and bombing that occurred in the vicinity of the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza at the hands of the Zionist enemy, which resulted in the injury of a number of members of our Jordanian armed forces working in the hospital,” calling for “severing ties.” With the Zionist occupation and stop and cancel all normalization agreements immediately.”
The Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The condition of those injured in the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza is stable and the evacuation of Jordanians is continuing#Jordan #Gaza #Gaza strip #Here_the_Kingdom pic.twitter.com/tLagnV3XlU
– Kingdom Channel (@AlMamlakaTV) November 16, 2023
Targeting a military symbol
For his part, retired Colonel Dr. Muhammad Maqaba said, “Jordan’s insistence on continuing the work of the military field hospital in the Gaza Strip is what led to the occupation targeting 7 of the hospital’s staff.”
Speaking to Al Jazeera Net, he added in an interview, “The psychology of the Zionist enemy does not respect any treaties or agreements, and this is an old approach, and they want to target any military symbol of the other party, because the hospital’s continued operation in the Gaza Strip for this period is considered a challenge to the Zionist will.”
He pointed out that “the measures taken by Jordan in terms of expelling the Zionist ambassador from Amman and recalling the Jordanian ambassador from Tel Aviv, in addition to the strong positions against the aggression on Gaza, and at all levels, from the king to the prime minister and foreign minister, all the way to the daily popular demonstrations.” In the view of the Zionist mentality, all of this is considered political incitement against world public opinion,” explaining that “the occupation wants to convey a message to the Jordanian leadership not to go too far with the popular or official political movement, or we will strike again, and you will not be able to respond.”
In response to a question about Jordan stopping the hospital’s work if it was targeted again, the military expert said, “It is not acceptable, either popularly, politically, or militarily, for the Jordanian leadership to stop the hospital’s work, because what the occupation has done is considered an attack on Jordanian sovereignty, especially since there is Jordanian blood is flowing on the land of Gaza, and if the hospital’s work stopped today, this would be considered a loss of trust between the people and the military and political leadership. As a Jordanian military man, I say that Jordan will not stop the work of the field hospital in the Gaza Strip, even if martyrs among those working in the Gaza Strip die. the hospital”.
Dr.. Jawad Al-Anani – Former Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister: The bombing of the Jordanian field hospital in #Gaza An Israeli escalation, and I think it will be a reaction to it#Aljazeera live #Gaza_moment_by_moment #Jordan pic.twitter.com/VK67EIwHmK
– Al Jazeera Mubasher (@ajmubasher) November 15, 2023
Field hospital
The Jordanian field hospital had gone out of service due to the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, in the first week of the aggression on Gaza, and it was decided to King of Jordan Supporting it and maintaining its operation in the same location, after numerous appeals from the Palestinian Ministry of Health to the hospital administration to continue its work.
Since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on the seventh of last month, the Jordanian Hospital has received large numbers of injured people, and during the first week of this month the hospital dealt with 820 cases, according to the commander of the field hospital force, Colonel Thaer Al-Khatib, who confirmed that the visits were the result of direct injuries. In the war on Gaza.
On November 6, Jordan announced the first landing operation at the field hospital in Gaza, where the Armed Forces Air Force was able to airdrop urgent medical and pharmaceutical aid to the hospital.
Earlier this week, a Jordanian Air Force plane dropped urgent medical aid using parachutes to the field hospital in the Gaza Strip, for the second time, to enhance and increase the capacity of medical personnel to provide health and treatment services to alleviate the suffering of the population in Gaza.
The Jordanian Hospital was established in the Gaza Strip in 2009, under the directives of Jordanian King Abdullah II, after the occupation’s aggression against the Strip at the end of 2008. The field hospital is affiliated with the Jordanian army, and it receives about 1,000 to 1,200 people daily. Its clinical capacity is 40 beds, and it provides its services free of charge.
The hospital is located in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza City. It receives patients with various diseases, performs many delicate surgical operations, and the military medical teams that supervise the hospital are replaced every 3 or 4 months, in addition to supplies of medical supplies.
