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Death toll from aid-seekers attack rises to 118
The death toll from Thursday’s deadly attack on aid-seekers near Gaza City has risen to 118, the Ministry of Health has said in a statement. The ministry said two more people had died of their wounds at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
The number of victims may still rise as dozens have life-threatening injuries amid a severe lack of medical supplies, the statement said. It added that 760 people have been injured.
Palestinians who were wounded in Israeli fire while waiting for aid, according to health officials, lie on beds at al-Shifa Hospital, Friday
Overnight attacks ‘horrifying’ for Deir el-Balah residents
Last night was extremely hard for people in Deir el-Balah with unrelenting attacks by tanks and jets throughout the night.
There were at least 10 explosions, mostly in the western and eastern parts of the city. Three people were killed and three injured just 20 meters (66 feet) from where we are. Missiles flattened two of the houses and badly damaged eight others. This square – which has already been hit seven times before – is now just a pile of rubble.
“We thought [the square] wouldn’t be targeted again, but we got up to the horror late at night.” Hamza el-Outy, who lives in the square and was previously injured in a strike that damaged his home, told Al Jazeera. “Three rockets damaged the area, killing 10 of my neighbours. The death toll in our neighbourhood has now risen to around 40. It’s horrifying.”
Father’s video reveals plight of starving child
Yazan al-Kafarneh is struggling to survive as he suffers from severe malnutrition. His condition has worsened since his family was displaced from northern Gaza to Rafah City and is hanging by a thread due to the lack of food and medical care.
In a video posted on Instagram, Yazan’s father shows a picture of a round-faced child – a far cry from the barely surviving skeleton that lies on a hospital bed next to him. “This picture was taken a week before the war,” the father says in the video, without specifying the age of the child.
“His condition has changed to this because of malnutrition, as his whole life has changed.”
Three Palestinians killed while ‘picking herbs’ in northern Gaza
Israeli forces shelled a group of people trying to pick herbs in Beit Hanoon in northern Gaza, where extreme food shortages have driven many residents to the brink of starvation, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
The attack killed three civilians and injured seven, the news agency said.
Also in northern Gaza City, Wafa reported that the latest round of Israeli air strikes killed at least 10 civilians and wounded five.
Eleven killed, 50 injured in Rafah strike on tent: Health Ministry
Eleven people have been killed and at least 50 injured after an Israeli army air attack “targeting displaced persons’ tents” next to the entrance of the Emirati Maternity Hospital in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah City, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Abdel Fattah Abu Marhi, the head of the paramedic unit at the hospital, was killed. The ministry added that children were among the injured.
Injured treated at Rafah’s al-Helal Hospital after Israeli attack on tents
People’s sense of safety ‘shattered’ after Rafah strike
The narrative that Rafah is a safe zone has once again been proven false. Back in December, people were literally told to go this particular area of Rafah – Tal as-Sultan – to avoid being bombed.
But now a tent filled with displaced evacuees in the area, including an entire family, has been directly hit by a drone attack. At least 11 have been killed and numerous injured, including a paramedic.
While this is not the first time that the Tal as-Sultan area has been targeted, it is probably the worst.
Within the last few minutes, eight of the bodies have been taken to the Kuwaiti Hospital, where the scene is very chaotic. It is a small hospital, unprepared for the large number of injuries that are arriving. Soon, the wounded will be transferred to al-Najjar Hospital in central Rafah City, according to doctors.
People’s sense of safety in Rafah is completely shattered.
Crowded hospital looks like refugee camp in Rafah
Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, where victims of a car attack have been taken for treatment, was unprepared to deal with the large number of injuries it is receiving. The hospital has also turned into a refugee camp, with displaced people crowding inside its corridors and courtyards, leaving no space for paramedics or doctors to move freely. The pressure continues to increase on Rafah’s health facilities.
In Gaza City, the situation remains terrible. More people, including children, are dying from starvation and dehydration. People there are also continuing to reel from the aftermath of Thursday’s “flour tragedy”, as is it is being called.
Photos show steady ‘destruction’ of Khan Younis
Aerial photos posted by the Palestinian Foreign Ministry show the extensive damage inflicted on Khan Younis by months of Israeli military strikes.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud has described the city, which is the largest urban area in southern Gaza, as transforming into a “maze of rubble”.
Aerial photos show the extent of the destruction caused by the #Israeli occupation in the city of Khan Yunis#Gaza_under_attack#CeasefireNow#Palestine#Israeliwarcrimes pic.twitter.com/K5iRjRbjhd
— State of Palestine - MFA 🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@pmofa) March 2, 2024
Everything is a target here in Gaza
People across Gaza are living in the aftermath of what they are referring to as the “flour atrocity” where a large group of aid seekers were targeted on Thursday morning near Gaza City. At least 115 people were killed in that massacre and more risk losing their lives at al-Shifa Hospital, which is not equipped to deal with the injuries.
At the same time, Palestinians are enduring an intense bombing campaign across Gaza. The largest attack overnight happened in Deir el-Balah, where three homes were destroyed by massive air strikes. At least four of the victims were sheltering in tents when they were killed. More buildings and farmland have also been targeted near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central area.
Khan Younis has turned into a maze of rubble, particularly around Nasser Hospital, which is still under military siege. Snipers are still set up in surrounding buildings, continuing to shoot at anything that moves and blocking aid convoys from reaching the facility.
It seems like everything across the Gaza Strip right now is a target.
Palestinians transport casualties following what Palestinian health officials said was Israeli fire on people waiting for aid, in Gaza City
