Israeli forces destroy makeshift shelters in so-called ‘safe zone’
The al-Mawasi area at the western edge of Khan Younis is a place designated by the Israeli military as a “safe zone.” Yet, just two days ago, Israeli ground forces launched a sudden incursion here without any prior warning.
Flimsy and overcrowded makeshift shelters have been completely destroyed.
We can see people’s property torn apart, with the scale of destruction clearly visible and extensive. The damage isn’t limited to civilian homes, but also includes vehicles used for transportation. Families are trying to gather whatever remains of their shelters.
Eyewitnesses tell us that, during the incursion, Israeli forces carried out digging operations at a nearby public cemetery in the al-Mawasi area.
Witnesses said the military has taken some bodies [from the graves], with families now forced to relocate the bodies of their loved ones from this grave, as it is no longer safe.
Palestinians inspect the destruction at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Younis
WFP says Gaza hunger crisis ‘worse than ever’
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned the hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached an unprecedented level, with humanitarian efforts crippled by access restrictions.
“The situation is worse than I’ve ever seen it before,” said Carl Skau, WFP’s deputy executive director, during a news conference at UN headquarters in New York after his fourth visit to Gaza.
Skau revealed that the “humanitarian needs have never been higher” and noted that the UN’s “ability to respond and to assist has never been more constrained”.
“Malnutrition is surging,” he said, adding that 90,000 children are now in urgent need of treatment for malnutrition. “One in three people in Gaza go for days without eating.”
All civil defence vehicles out of service in Gaza City
A spokesman for the rescue organisation says that it no longer has any functioning ambulances in Gaza City due to relentless Israeli attacks.
He said that the group’s crews are moving in civilian cars to help dig out Palestinians who are trapped in rubble after Israeli strikes, but that the crews are unable to respond to distress calls.
