At least 3 killed in attack on Gaza City home
At least three people have been killed and five wounded after Israeli strikes targeted a family home in central Gaza City, reports the Wafa news agency. According to reports, the attack took place on the Abdel Aal family house on Yarmouk Street.
Those wounded were pulled from the rubble and taken to al-Ahli Arab Hospital, it added. Israeli air raids hit many other neighbourhoods of Gaza City, including Zeitoun, Sabra, Nassr, Tal al-Hawa, and Shati refugee camp, injuring more civilians, reports Wafa.
Israel subjecting Gaza to a ‘medieval siege’, ‘scorched earth’ policy: UNRWA
Sam Rose, planning director at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), said no supplies have entered the Gaza Strip since Sunday and “heavy bombardments” are hitting areas in the centre of Rafah city.
“No aid has come into Gaza now since Sunday. No aid, no fuel, no supplies, nothing. And we really are now down to our last reserves. We have a few more days of flour that we can provide. But everything else will start to shut down very soon without fuel, without water. So the situation is really desperate,” Rose told Al Jazeera from Rafah.
“People are petrified. People have been fearing this for a long, long time and it is now upon us. There is constant bombardment. There is smoke on the horizon. There are people on the move. We estimate that, as of last night, about 110,000 people from Rafah had been displaced and had moved on,” he said.
“People are doing whatever they can to flee for safety and yet where are they going to? There are no safe places,” he added.
“These are populations that are already on the brink of famine who are now being subjected to a medieval siege coupled with scorched earth and heavy bombardment. Already desperate conditions will get worse and we will see multitudes of casualties. Not just from the bombing. But the hunger, the disease and the starvation.”
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on east of Rafah on May 7
Patients left without treatment as Rafah hospitals shut down
Patients and staff are being forced out of hospitals across Rafah as Israel’s attacks on the city intensify, leaving many sick and wounded Palestinians with no way to be treated.
“We have no beds, no hospitals to refer [people to], especially for critical patients,” Palestinian doctor Mohammed Zaqout said.
“Al-Najjar Hospital is out of service. And the Kuwaiti Hospital [in Rafah] is just for trauma and emergency,” he added.
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