Israel hit 17 rescue service centres across Gaza: Civil Defence
Gaza’s Civil Defence has released a statement detailing the extensive damages and losses it has suffered in Israeli attacks.
- 87 personnel killed
- 304 staff injured
- 21 detained
Israeli attacks have hit 17 civil defence centres and headquarters, of which 14 were destroyed, the statement said.
In addition, 56 vehicles were either destroyed or damaged, while critical firefighting, rescue, and ambulance equipment worth $1.3m has been lost. Fuel shortages have rendered most civil defence vehicles nonoperational for the past 15 days, further crippling emergency response efforts.
The sustained targeting of civil defence resources has drastically reduced their ability to provide essential services, deepening the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the statement said.
Palestinian residents and civil defence teams launch a search and rescue operation following an Israeli attack on the Remal Clinic on al-Wehda Street in Gaza City
Northern Gaza’s wounded keep dying due to lack of medical care
Wounded people in the north of the Strip face catastrophic barriers to medical care.
The vast majority of the wounded are receiving only the bare minimum of treatment due to a shortage of essential medical supplies, including anaesthesia, antibiotics and even surgical equipment. Some doctors have even resorted to amputations to save the lives of their patients.
Because of the lack of surgeons and essential medical intervention, many people are dying from their wounds. And the attacks on hospitals themselves have also hampered life-saving procedures.
No civil defence crew, paramedics are left in Beit Lahiya to rescue victims
Until this moment, there are dozens of Palestinians still trapped under the rubble in the two northern areas targeted overnight – Sheikh Radwan and Beit Lahiya. There are no civil defence crew or paramedics working in Beit Lahiya, adding to the misery there.
Even those who have reached hospitals in the north are not able to get adequate treatment. The hospitals are only operating as first aid hospitals because they lack medical supplies and do not have intensive care units.
In the middle area, where we are right now, there has been intensive artillery shelling. We can hear this in the background.
