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Clinic closes as Israeli shelling threatens safety of patients, staff: Red Crescent
The Al-Zaytoun Medical Clinic in Gaza City has ceased operations after Israeli shelling in the surrounding areas posed a “serious threat to the safety of medical teams and patients”, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
“The clinic had been providing care to thousands of patients, particularly as the area became increasingly overcrowded with displaced residents from eastern Gaza following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli occupation,” the PRCS said in a social media post.
The organisation added that the closure of the facility would force thousands of civilians to walk long distances to access medical care or obtain childhood vaccinations.
“Since the beginning of the assault on Gaza, continued evacuation orders and Israeli military actions have forced 18 PRCS medical clinics out of service,” it said.
Gaza death toll hits 95 as Khan Younis attack casualties rise
At least 95 Palestinians have been killed as a result of Israeli attacks since dawn, hospital sources in Gaza tell Al Jazeera.
According to Nasser Hospital in the southern part of the enclave, the death toll of the Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis that we reported on earlier has increased to seven people.
Wounded Palestinians arrive at Al-Aqsa Hospital after Israeli attack
Israel blocking humanitarian missions in Gaza: UN
Israeli authorities continue to block attempts by the United Nations to carry out humanitarian missions, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says.
“We’re doing whatever we can, trying to get medical supplies, trying to get food, but it’s not even a drop in the bucket,” Dujarric told reporters at a press briefing.
He said movement within Gaza remains “heavily restricted” with aid missions frequently delayed, denied, or disrupted by Israeli forces.
“Only four were fully facilitated and just one of those involved the delivery of supplies,” he said. “Another four attempts were denied outright, blocking efforts to evacuate patients, recover broken trucks or remove debris.”
Since March 2, Israel has kept Gaza’s main crossings largely closed, preventing the daily entry of hundreds of aid and supply trucks.
‘We don’t have enough fuel until morning’: Al-Shifa Hospital director
Power has gone out in parts of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, once the largest health facility in the war-battered enclave, that has been partly destroyed by the Israeli military.
We have these updates from director Muhammad Abu Salmiya:
- The situation in the Gaza Strip is dire. We have been warning for days and weeks about fuel shortages and we are living in a state of emergency.
- We don’t have enough fuel left until morning.
- If fuel is not available, generators cannot run and hospitals find it difficult to provide care.
- Blood banks, nurseries and oxygen stations are not operating because of a lack of fuel.
- Patients will be doomed to certain death if fuel is not provided to hospitals.
- The occupation is preventing UN organisations from bringing fuel to hospitals.
- Meningitis is spreading in Gaza because of the lack of clean drinking water.
