Three killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City: Report
Two of the killings and several injuries have taken place in the vicinity of the al-Amal Hotel in the western part of Gaza City, according to the Wafa news agency.
Local sources told the agency that the Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians gathered in the area.
One person was also killed and several injured in a drone attack near Abu Hasira Street, in western part of Gaza City, the agency reported.
PRCS evacuates injured in central Gaza amid Israeli attacks
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says its crews have transferred the dead and the wounded, including women and children, from the Bureij refugee camp to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah amid ongoing Israeli attacks in central Gaza.
On Thursday, it said its ambulances were coming under direct attack from Israeli forces.
🚑The PRCS crews continue to evacuate the martyrs and the wounded in the central governorate due to the Israeli occupation's targeting of civilians. In this video, our crews transported martyrs and wounded, including women and children, from Al-Bureij camp to Al-Aqsa Martyrs… pic.twitter.com/PTrLqo7Gkw
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) July 26, 2024
Two-year-old joins Gaza’s ranks of thousands of orphans
Siwar Abdel-Hadi is the lone survivor in her family after an Israeli air strike on her home in central Gaza killed her parents and three siblings, according to The Associated Press news agency.
Siwar, two, was left with burns on her face, collapsed lungs and shrapnel wounds. She is one of thousands of orphans created by Israel’s war. Siwar’s extended family is now trying to figure out how to raise her as they struggle to get by with their own children in the deprivations of the war. Cases like Siwar’s have become so common, doctors created an acronym for them: WCNSF, wounded child, no surviving family.
The UN estimated in February that about 17,000 children in the territory are now unaccompanied and the number is likely to have grown since.
Siwar’s aunts tend to her as she receives treatment at a hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on July 24
People trapped in Khan Younis without food, water for six days
The situation in Khan Younis is escalating by the minute. The danger is not just the air raids, it’s that people have been trapped for six days now without food, water, or a way out.
If they are injured, they cannot be reached. This is because the Israeli military did not give them time to evacuate after ordering the evacuation. People who managed to evacuate are on the streets, they did not have time to gather their belongings.
They are suffering from the heat, the diseases spreading and the poor hygienic conditions causing skin rashes and other issues.
