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SvennoJ on 13 May 2024
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Gaza’s death toll rises

At least 35,091 Palestinians have been killed and 78,827 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says. The ministry added that 57 people were killed and 82 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

 

UN employee, Palestinian driver injured in Israeli shelling near Rafah

A foreign staff member of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a Palestinian driver have been injured by Israeli shelling that hit an UNRWA vehicle east of Rafah, according to local sources.

Medical teams transported the two to the European Gaza Hospital for treatment. Video footage obtained by Al Jazeera showed a rear right window of the UN car damaged by shrapnel.

PRCS says four members still detained by Israel

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says two of their members have been released following 49 days of Israeli detention. They were arrested in March during the second Israeli raid on al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, PRCS said.

Israeli forces continue to detain four other PRCS members and “their fate remains unknown,” the organisation said on X.

Israeli military operations in Rafah have ‘grave security risks’: Egypt’s FM

Sameh Shoukry has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that continued Israeli military operations in Gaza, and especially in Rafah, by the border with Egypt, have “grave security risks”.

He also stressed in a phone call with Blinken the need to restart aid deliveries to Gaza after they discussed the Israeli seizure of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement.

 

Medical Aid for Palestinians shares an update from the ground

The NGO Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has shared an update on the medical situation in Gaza:

  • Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order to medical staff at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah – one of the last remaining hospitals in the area with only about 16 beds available.
  • The European Gaza Hospital, near Khan Younis has already run out of fuel and is in blackout.
  • Only 12 out of 36 hospitals are partially functioning across Gaza, according to the World Health Organization.
  • Five MAP-supported medical points, set up to provide basic healthcare services to displaced people, have been forced to suspend services and relocate due to insecurity.
  • There is a huge problem in transportation due to fuel access, so even medical points in other locations are not easily reachable as people are moving in waves away from Rafah.
  • The Rafah border crossing closure means that patients cannot be medically evacuated. “We expect this to result in more unnecessary patient deaths.”
  • There has been increased Israeli military attacks in the north of Gaza, where MAP’s team has been distributing vital medical aid and food to internally displaced families. Our colleague leading our work there has been forced to flee his home again, after being displaced multiple times.