Palestine Red Crescent Society says operating field hospital in Khan Younis
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says that it has started operating a field hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The PRCS says that the facility includes 60 beds, two operating rooms, an emergency department, a laboratory, and an x-ray department, with hopes to expand inpatient capacity with four intensive care beds.
“On its first day, the hospital witnessed a large turnout of residents, receiving dozens of cases that received immediate medical care and performing three successful surgeries, reflecting the urgent need for such interventions in the region,” the group said in a social media post.
Throughout the war in Gaza, rights groups say Israeli forces have systematically targeted medical workers and facilities.
Central, southern Gaza ‘largely offline’ for more than 32 hours
This is the third such internet disruption since last week, NetBlocks said, adding that “the incident is likely to severely limit most residents’ ability to communicate”.
Israel’s deadly attacks continue across the Gaza Strip, with the local health ministry saying earlier today that at least 144 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours.
US strikes in Yemen took unprecedented toll on civilians
The research group Airwars, which monitors civilian harm caused by strikes in numerous conflict zones around the world, has released a report finding that US attacks in Yemen over the last 52 days killed nearly as many civilians as all US strikes in that country during the last 23 years.
The US previously said that the multiweek campaign of strikes aimed at the Houthis for their attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza were based on “detailed” intelligence and an emphasis on “minimizing risk to civilians”.
Instead, the report found an unprecedented toll.
“In the period between the first recorded US strike in Yemen to the beginning of Trump’s campaign in March, Airwars tracked at least 258 civilians allegedly killed by US actions,” the report states. “In less than two months of Operation Rough Rider, Airwars documented at least 224 civilians in Yemen killed by US airstrikes – nearly doubling the civilian casualty toll in Yemen by US actions since 2002.”
Human rights groups have called for the investigation of two especially deadly incidents, the US bombing of Ras Isa Port and Saada’s Remand Detention Prison, which allegedly killed a combined 152 civilians and injured nearly 200 more.
