Israeli attack on Khan Younis kills eight people
The death toll in an Israeli attack in Khan Younis has risen to at least eight people in the bombing of a house in the as-Satr al-Gharbi area.
Since dawn, Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 42 people.
Palestinian Civil Defence workers remove debris as they search for casualties
Israeli drone attack in Gaza City kills nine people, including four children
Nine Palestinians, including four children, have been killed in an Israeli drone attack at the al-Ghafari Junction in central Gaza City, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
As Israel pummels Gaza City, the capital’s main hospital runs out of pain medication
We can’t keep up with the pace of these relentless Israeli attacks across the Strip, which today are mostly concentrated on Gaza City.
Initially, seven people were reportedly killed in an attack on a busy street in northern Gaza City, but now the death toll has risen to 12 after five more people died – including four children, who, from videos on social media, appeared to be hit by shrapnel in their heads and abdominal areas and bled to death.
In a second drone attack in the heart of Gaza City, 10 people were killed and many others were injured and brought to al-Shifa Hospital.
But what’s really tragic right now is that al-Shifa, which was raided by the Israeli military and nearly destroyed, is not really a hospital any more. Only a quarter of the hospital is standing, and the parts that are standing are not necessarily functional.
The worry is that many injured people who get to the hospital are not going to survive as there is no pain medication available due to the ongoing blockade.
Israel increasingly targeting crowded areas in Gaza as situation ‘worsens by the hour'
The situation is getting worse by the hour now, and it is truly a reminder of the opening weeks of this genocidal war.
It’s not only the attacks in the past hours but also the heavy artillery fire that has been going on for quite some time in the eastern part of Gaza City along with the systematic demolition of residences in the city’s Shujayea and Zeitoun neighbourhoods.
We can clearly hear the huge, loud explosions of these home demolitions going on for almost 10 days now.
In terms of attacks today, we have heard from hospitals that Israeli attacks are now targeting crowded areas. The fact now is that more injured people will die because of the acute shortage of medical supplies.
There is a huge influx of injuries coming into hospitals, and to make matters worse, doctors say they have received cases – including from the latest attack that killed five children and other people in Gaza City – of people with such severe injuries and the burns arriving at hospitals that doctors are unused to dealing with and they are not sure how to treat them and provide medical care.
We have a crippled healthcare system that cannot provide proper medical care.
