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SvennoJ on 12 May 2024
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Rescuing survivors, recovering bodies ‘very difficult’ in northern Gaza

The Gaza Civil Defence agency says the “intensification” of attacks by Israeli forces on homes in northern Gaza has made it challenging for its teams to carry out their work.

“It has become very difficult for our crews to deal with rescuing the wounded and recovering the [dead],” the agency’s spokesperson said on Telegram.

Israeli troops are operating in northern Gaza after Hamas “rehabilitated its military capabilities” over the past few months, military spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters.

Israeli bombardment kills 19 in northern and central Gaza

At least 10 people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the home of the Ashram family in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, the news agency Wafa is reporting. Nine people were also killed, including a young girl, when Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Louh family’s home in the Deir el-Balah refugee camp, Wafa reports.

Doctors Without Borders stops work after Rafah evacuation order

The Israeli military’s latest evacuation orders in Rafah forced medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, to halt work at the Indonesian Hospital.

The group said it must relocate 22 patients to other health facilities because “we can no longer guarantee their safety”.

Israeli jets ‘carpet-bombing’ Jabalia: Report

The Wafa news agency is reporting heavy Israeli bombardment in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Citing local sources, Wafa said that “Israeli fighter jets carpet-bombed” eastern areas of Jabalia, killing several people. The agency said the exact number of casualties was not immediately clear.

Wafa also said that Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on ambulances near a UNRWA clinic in the centre of Jabalia. The attacks come as the Israeli army renewed its assault on northern Gaza after previously saying it had defeated Hamas in the area.

Earlier, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic captured Israeli bombardment in Jabalia, with correspondent Anas al-Sharif describing “fire belt” bombing in the area. The attacks also destroyed al-Sharif’s home.

All hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’: Civil Defence

A spokesperson from Gaza Civil Defence has told Al Jazeera that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are now out of service.

The hospital closures come after the UN warned hospitals across the Gaza Strip were at risk of running out of fuel. No aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since Sunday, May 5, according to the UN, with Israel blocking the Rafah crossing in the south of Gaza.

Paediatric surgeon and son killed in Israeli strike on Deir el-Balah

The Wafa news agency is reporting that Paediatric surgeon Muhammad Nimr Qazaat, 72, and his son Youssef, 33, a dentist, were among several Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday evening.

The father and son were in Deir el-Balah after having fled their homes in Gaza City earlier in the war, Wafa said. Qazaat was “one of the founders of paediatric surgery in the Gaza Strip”, Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Fadel Naim said in a post on X.



‘We are on the verge of going insane’: Beit Lahiya resident

Palestinians in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza told Al Jazeera they do not know where to go as Israeli forces intensified attacks there after ordering residents in the area to evacuate.

“We are shocked. We do not know what to do. We are physically and mentally worn out. We are on the verge of going insane. We have been under this hell for eight months. Enough is enough,” said Emad Oudeh.

“Look at this, rubbish and debris. We are dying just to get our hands on some water or something to feed our children. This is not life. We struggle to get firewood and feed our starving children, and above all, the Israelis have been hitting us with missiles and bombs for months. What adds insult to injury is the recent warning; for God’s sake, where do we go? Even Rafah is coming under attack.”