ROCKET STRIKE ON THE ROCKET STRIKE ON THE WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITALWESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL

Norman Loberant MD, Department of Radiology, Western Galilee Hospital nloberant@yahoo.com

ON FRIDAY JULY 28ON FRIDAY JULY 28THTH THE WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL THE WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL

SUSTAINED A DIRECT HIT BY A SUSTAINED A DIRECT HIT BY A KATYUSHA ROCKETKATYUSHA ROCKET

A PARAGRAPH IN THE HAARETZ A PARAGRAPH IN THE HAARETZ ONLINE SITE:ONLINE SITE:

“….a rocket scored a direct hit on a “….a rocket scored a direct hit on a hospital in Nahariya on Friday, hospital in Nahariya on Friday, damaging an upper story. The floor in damaging an upper story. The floor in Western Galilee Hospital was empty of Western Galilee Hospital was empty of patients, who had been moved to an patients, who had been moved to an underground shelter at the beginning of underground shelter at the beginning of the conflict between Israel and the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.”Hezbollah guerrillas.”

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE DAMAGETHE DAMAGE

THE ROCKET HIT THE THE ROCKET HIT THE OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT-OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT-

PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR:PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR:

THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE DR. JONATHAN SINGER-JORDAN, DIRECTOR OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

A QUESTIONA QUESTION

KOFI ANNAN ACCUSED ISRAEL OF KOFI ANNAN ACCUSED ISRAEL OF DELIBERATELY TARGETING A U.N. DELIBERATELY TARGETING A U.N. POST WHICH WAS JUST YARDS AWAY POST WHICH WAS JUST YARDS AWAY FROM HIZBOLLAH TERRORISTS FROM HIZBOLLAH TERRORISTS LAUCHING ROCKETS AT ISRAELLAUCHING ROCKETS AT ISRAEL

THE WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL IS A THE WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL IS A MILEMILE FROM CENTRAL NAHARIYA, NOT FROM CENTRAL NAHARIYA, NOT YARDS AWAYYARDS AWAY

THE TERRORISTS HAVE HAD NO THE TERRORISTS HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SENDING BARRAGE AFTER PROBLEM SENDING BARRAGE AFTER BARRAGE OF ROCKETS VERY BARRAGE OF ROCKETS VERY ACCURATELY INTO CENTRAL ACCURATELY INTO CENTRAL NAHARIYA INCLUDING MY NAHARIYA INCLUDING MY NEIGHBORHOODNEIGHBORHOOD

HERE’S A MAP AFTER ONLY THE FIRST HERE’S A MAP AFTER ONLY THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WAR (SINCE THEN FEW DAYS OF THE WAR (SINCE THEN WE HAVE SUSTAINED WE HAVE SUSTAINED MANYMANY MORE MORE DIRECT HITS)DIRECT HITS)

100 Meters

OUR HOME

=ROCKET HIT

COULD THE ATTACK HAVE BEEN COULD THE ATTACK HAVE BEEN DELIBERATE??DELIBERATE??

ARE THERE REALLY PEOPLE ARE THERE REALLY PEOPLE CAPABLE OF TARGETING A CAPABLE OF TARGETING A HOSPITAL?HOSPITAL?