Israeli soldiers ‘firing on anyone who moves’ in western Jabalia
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says its medics are receiving dozens of urgent pleas to evacuate casualties but are unable to respond because of the Israeli ground invasion of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
“Soldiers are firing at anyone who moves in the Be’er al-Na’ja area, west of Jabalia in northern Gaza,” the rescue organisation said in a post on X, including video of one of its crew members responding to a call.
A large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed and wounded dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals. An air strike early on Wednesday killed at least nine people, including two women and two children in Jabalia.
Palestinians flee areas in northern Gaza following an Israeli evacuation order
Northern Gaza hospital largely empty
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has been evacuated with only a few nurses and patients still inside because they have nowhere to go, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.
Medical teams flee hospitals in northern Gaza
Hospitals in northern Gaza were told by the Israeli army to flee in the last 24 hours and not remain operational because of the expansion of military operations in the Jabalia refugee camp.
What is going on there right now is that medical teams are leaving the hospitals and a very limited number of medics are left behind with the remaining patients as there has been no sort of international rescue intervention to help evacuate them.
There are about 400,000 still stuck in Jabalia refugee camp trying to flee to Gaza City but the roads are locked.
We are also getting more confirmation from medics that the Kamal Adwan Hospital is nearly empty now. They are also running low in fuel and medical supplies as no convoy was able to pass by for the past few days due to the ongoing military operations there.
These evacuation orders were given to residents of Jabalia, Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya – the three main towns in northern Gaza.
Families are trying to avoid going to the south … they have taken the decision as they have nowhere else to go and they are aware bombing takes place there, too. Jabalia refugee camp is surrounded by the Israeli army, bodies have been left in the narrow streets around it and those who try to flee have been shot by snipers
UNRWA forced to shut down lifesaving services
As previously reported, Israeli military operations in the north of Gaza are causing humanitarian services to stop. “Intensified military operations in the north are forcing us to shut down lifesaving services,” the UNRWA said on X.
At least seven schools sheltering displaced people are being evacuated, the UN agency said. Only two out of eight water wells in the Jabalia refugee camp are still operational, it added.
🚨North #Gaza update
Intensified military operations in the north are forcing us to shut down lifesaving services
🔹7 @UNRWA schools sheltering displaced people are being evacuated
🔹Only 2 out of 8 water wells in Jabalia Camp are still operational pic.twitter.com/nWgXaf6q4g
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 9, 2024
