Entire health sector has collapsed in Gaza: Palestinian doctor
Al Jazeera spoke to Dr Khalil al-Degran, spokesman for Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah. He said Israeli forces “continue to target and pound unsuspecting residents” who are staying in civilian areas.
“Yesterday, the Israeli official forces targeted a residential building. In this building, seven members of the same family were killed. Six children, together with their mother,” he said.
He said 25 hospitals are out of operation in the besieged enclave, and very few are still functioning. With the Rafah border crossing with Egypt closed for more than 200 days, he said the hospital is experiencing a severe shortage of medical supplies.
The staff at the hospital cannot provide “the most basic medical necessities” for injured patients, “a clear signal that the entire health sector has collapsed in Gaza”, he said.
Al-Degran said Israeli forces have a clear intent to commit “genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population”.
Gaza’s ‘humanitarian zone’ shrinks to 11 percent
Family mourns slain journalist as colleagues protest Israeli killings
Relatives mourn Palestinian photojournalist Ibrahim Muharab, 26, on Sunday after he was killed by Israeli forces north of Khan Younis
Muharab, a freelance photojournalist and member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, was killed when Israeli forces targeted a group of journalists covering the Israeli ground invasion in Khan Younis
Muharab’s colleagues staged a protested on Monday, decrying the Israeli attack that killed him and also wounded journalist Salma al-Qadoumi
Palestinian killed in West Bank after Israeli forces shoot him in the head
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man after shooting him in the head during clashes in the occupied West Bank city of Dura.
Earlier, we reported that a man in Dura was hit with a live round in his right eye and was taken to hospital in critical condition.
At least 635 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October, as Israeli soldiers and settlers ramp up attacks there as the war on Gaza continues.
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