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SvennoJ on 09 September 2024
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Israeli forces target Beit Hanoon in northern Gaza

We are getting reports from the ground the Israeli army has attacked the Beit Hanoon area with artillery shelling. In June, Palestinian municipal authorities declared Beit Hanoon and Jabalia, another city in northern Gaza, as “disaster areas”.


Fuel shortages threaten lives of children in northern Gaza hospital

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hussam Abu Safia, has shared these updates with Al Jazeera on the situation at the northern Gaza hospital:

  • The hospital and ambulances will be out of service within 48 hours due to fuel shortages and the lack of necessary medical supplies.
  • Fuel shortages in the ICU and neonatal unit could lead to the deaths of dozens of children.
  • Due to ongoing shelling and raids, children arrive at the hospital in very critical condition.

Operations at Indonesian Hospital could stop within 48 hours: Hospital director

Marwan al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital, spoke to Al Jazeera about the situation at the northern Gaza health facility:

  • Preventing the entry of fuel and necessary medical supplies is threatening the hospital with a halt in operations within 48 hours.
  • This threatens patients with a real risk of death.
  • We are facing a disaster situation for the wounded if there is no help for hospitals in the north.
  • As a result of the continuous bombing, our hospital is receiving dozens of wounded and sick people from Gaza City and the north.


Polio vaccination in northern Gaza likely to be a challenge

Rolling out the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza is a completely different story compared to other areas.

In the past, we have had a terrible experience getting humanitarian aid into the north amid Israeli restrictions, including controls of the land crossings, as well as attacks on aid convoys and humanitarian workers, leading to the suspension of humanitarian aid efforts in that part.

Two days ago, international organisations, including UNICEF, could not get a permit to cross an Israeli checkpoint to the northern part to start their preparations for the vaccination campaign.

The whole process is quite challenging due to Gaza, including the northern part, being a war zone. The ongoing bombardment, air strikes and recurrent incursions of many of the areas in the north are going to put the campaign at risk.


Casualties reported in Israeli attack in southern Gaza

One person has been killed and another wounded after Israeli artillery shelling in the al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza announced.


Another Israeli attack hits south of Gaza City

Israeli forces have bombed al-Amoudi street in the Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, the Palestinian Civil Defence has announced. The Palestinian Civil Defence now says one person has been killed and seven wounded after the raid on the Abu Semaan family home.


Israeli military orders evacuation of northern Gaza neighbourhood

The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians in a neighbourhood in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya to evacuate after it said rockets were launched from the area at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon last night.

The military’s spokesperson released a map marking the area which has been designated in “blocks”, adding that “the specified area has been warned many times in the past” and it is now “considered a dangerous combat zone”.

The military had earlier said one of the rockets was intercepted and another fell into the sea.


WFP says 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza in ‘urgent’ need of aid

The World Food Programme says 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza are still in “urgent” need of food and livelihood assistance as Israeli attacks on the enclave enter their 12th month.

The WFP said despite its commitment to deliver aid, the Israeli military’s “evacuation orders are hindering our efforts, and needs are on the rise”.