Another bloody day in Gaza
The Israeli military is upscaling its attacks on Gaza City which has been the theatre for military operations in the past 24 hours. Battles between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military continue in the vicinity of al-Shifa Hospital, as the Israeli bombardment continues to destroy residential homes.
We are talking about a series of houses in Gaza City being completely levelled to the ground.
Fifteen Palestinians from the same family have been reported killed in Gaza City, without any kind of rescue operation being made for the injured who are still stuck under the rubble.
Israeli forces targeted throughout Gaza
The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, says it attacked Israeli soldiers near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City with rocket fire, killing several and wounding others.
Israel’s military hit Gaza’s largest hospital with tank and small-arms fire on Monday, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, according to Palestinian officials.
Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of Islamic Jihad – says it hit a group of Israeli soldiers with missiles west of Netzarim, north of the Central Governorate.
Israeli aggression against civilians as means of pressure won’t work: Hamas official
Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, has said that the Israeli attack on al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings is “evidence of the state of confusion that [Israeli PM Benjamin] Netanyahu and his army are living in”.
He added that “the victory that Netanyahu imagines is a mirage and a distant dream thanks to the steadfastness of our people and our valiant resistance”.
Al-Rishq also said Israel’s attempt to use the escalation of “barbaric aggression” against civilians as a means of pressure to achieve its goals would not work.
British doctor describes ‘deeply tragic’ hospital cases in Gaza
Dr Nick Maynard, a consultant surgeon who recently volunteered to provide medical services in Gaza, says the experience was shocking. “I’ve been going to Gaza for nearly 15 years, and I thought I’d be prepared for what I was about to see. But what I saw at al-Aqsa Hospital was the worst cases in my 30-year career,” he told Al Jazeera.
“Appalling clinical injuries, mostly upon children and women. Terrible burns, traumatic wounds, and no real room to deal with these tragic cases.”
Maynard recalled a young girl with burns so bad on her face bone could be seen. “She clearly had no chance of survival and was going to die, but we had no pain relief to give her. She died in agony on the floor of the emergency department.”
A boy attends to a wounded relative at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza
