‘Chaos and mayhem’ as people herded from one place to another
Within the past half-hour, a loud explosion has occurred that appears to be caused by multiple air strikes.
Witnesses in the area who rushed to the [Al-Aqsa Martyrs] Hospital, trying to take shelter here, say it happened at the southeastern part of Deir el-Balah. That’s the southeastern part of Salah al-Din road. This is part of an extension of relentless air attacks overnight.
Since the beginning of the operations from the early hours of yesterday evening until now, 78 people have been reported killed. The majority are women, children and elderly who were transferred to the hospital. The morgue of the hospital is packed with bodies.
The Israeli military continues to pound across the central area with occupying ground forces pushing deeper into Bureij refugee camp. Due to the multiple ongoing air strikes, it’s creating a sense of chaos and mayhem as people are being herded from one place to another so many times right now.
Deir el-Balah is now becoming really crowded, running out of space and infrastructure, adding more pressure on this health facility. The coming hours are going to be quite difficult.
One doctor told us some of the injuries are very alien to them, and they don’t have the medical capacity to intervene and to save lives other than running basic first aid for those injuries.
‘Insane escalation of violence’ in Gaza: Aid group
At least 70 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded in the past 24 hours, showed the count as they were brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza. They were predominantly women and children.
“The odor of blood in the hospital’s emergency room this morning was unbearable. There are people lying everywhere, on the floor, outside … bodies were being brought in plastic bags. The situation is overwhelming,” said Karin Huster from Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF).
“With the insane escalation of violence in various locations of the Gaza Strip over the last 48 hours and while the Rafah crossing point has remained closed for a month, the health system has been stretched to the point of collapse,” Huster said. “The situation is apocalyptic.”
At least 70 dead people and over 300 wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, have been brought to Al-Aqsa hospital since yesterday following heavy Israeli strikes in the Middle Area of the #Gaza strip.
— MSF International (@MSF) June 5, 2024
