Pakistan, April 23 -- Israeli soldiers unfurled a "Rising Lion" banner over the ruins of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. Built with US$7.3 million donated by Indonesians and opened in late 2015, the hospital symbolised solidarity, yet now lies in rubble. Jakarta's foreign ministry called the banner's placement a provocation that insults a humanitarian facility.

Strikes on Gaza hospitals are not anomalies. The UN Human Rights Office recorded at least 136 attacks on 27 hospitals and 12 other medical facilities between October 2023 and June 2024. Gaza's health system has been pushed to collapse under sustained pressure, with medical staff killed and facilities rendered inoperable.

The Indonesian hospital itself was shelled in Nov...