Dr. Refaat Alathamna, an anesthesiologist at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, stepped outside for a short break during his 24-hour shift on May 13 when the hospital was bombed. “I had to throw myself on the ground,” he told Drop Site a few hours later, speaking from inside the hospital. “I hid behind a tree, because I couldn’t reach the door of the intensive care unit to hide. I didn’t know what it was.”

A hospital security camera captured the moment multiple Israeli airstrikes hit the hospital complex at 6:19pm. Dozens of hospital staff and civilians, including children, can be seen walking in and out of the emergency entrance before a series of missiles slam into the hospital’s inner courtyard, sending bodies flying through the air.

In another video taken on the nearby Salah al-Din road and posted by Mohammed Abu Rijeh, a local aid organizer in Khan Younis, large towers of dark smoke can be seen rising into the air as the initial strikes hit. After a few seconds, another series of strikes sends civilians running for cover. At least 20 people were killed in the attack on the European Hospital, according to Zaher Al-Wahidi, the head of information for the Ministry of Health. ….more