Northern Gaza turning into ‘unhabitable ruins’
Thousands of people are trapped in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp as Israeli forces continue to attack the area, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said.
“Nobody is allowed to get in or out, anyone who tries is getting shot,” Sarah Vuylsteke, MSF project coordinator, said in a post on X.
The Israeli army issued evacuation orders for residents in the camp on October 7 “while carrying out attacks at the same time, preventing people from leaving the area safely,” MSF said.
Forced evacuations and bombing of neighbourhoods are turning north of Gaza into “unhabitable ruins,” it added. “We were staying at the Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital, but they bombed it. About 20 people were killed. I don’t know what to do, at any moment we could die,” said Haydar, MSF driver inside the camp.
“People are starving. I am afraid to stay, and I am also afraid to leave”.
Horrific scenes after Israeli attack on Jabalia
We have confirmation that 20 people have been killed. A huge explosion created a hole. We’re talking at least 20 metres [about 65ft] deep in the ground as multiple strikes targeted a multistorey building. They also caused severe damage to the surrounding residential buildings.
Eyewitnesses described a strong earthquake that hit that area. They could feel the foundations of the building shaking.
The situation and the scene from the bomb site are horrific. There is no proper machinery. People use manually operated tools to remove pieces of concrete, operating in the dark under rubble. One family sheltering inside the building was killed.
In Jabalia, for the seventh day in a row, the Israeli military is pushing deeper and surrounding and encircling and imposing a military siege.
Day’s death toll in the Gaza Strip rises
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic cite medical sources in reporting that the number of Palestinians who have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since this morning has risen to 41.
This includes 20 Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp.
Israeli forces fire tear gas during occupied West Bank raid
Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians during a raid of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that several Palestinians suffocated after inhaling tear gas”, adding that a Palestinian Medical Relief Society ambulance was targeted “with a tear gas bomb, shattering its windshield”.
Tear gas and bullets were also fired at an anti-settlement march in Beita.
