Israeli forces kill 24 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn
At least 24 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources tell our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. A source in al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza’s Jabalia said the death toll in an attack on two homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has risen to 10.
Among the 10 people killed in overnight attacks in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp were women and children, reports Wafa. Many others were injured in these attacks.
A Palestinian child holds a toy car he recovered from the rubble of a house heavily damaged by an Israeli attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp
Al-Shifa Hospital head raises alarm over Israeli tanks near facility
Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the director of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip, has told the AP that medical teams are worried about Israeli tanks approaching the vicinity of the hospital and not allowing access to it.
An estimated 159 patients are being treated there.
“The bombardment has not stopped for a single moment,” Abu Salmiya said.
Al-Shifa Hospital, one of Gaza’s largest hospitals, is working beyond its limits. Supplies are running low, staff are working around the clock under severe pressure, often without medical supplies or equipment, and there has been an influx of injured people arriving following Israel’s intensification of attacks.
Just yesterday, a family was displaced, and they were ordered to evacuate from Gaza City. On their difficult journey out of Gaza City, they were targeted and critically injured. They arrived here at al-Shifa Hospital and have been struggling to get treatment due to dwindling supplies.
The situation has gone from bad to worse here in light of Israel’s unprecedented intensification of its ground operation, accompanied by air strikes targeting different areas and locations across Gaza.
Palestinian man recounts deadly attack on family fleeing Gaza City
Al Jazeera has spoken to a Palestinian man whose daughter was killed in an Israeli attack as the family were trying to flee Gaza City.
Speaking from Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, where his children were being treated for their injuries, the man said his family had been leaving the city along al-Rashid Street, which the Israeli military had said was a safe passage, when they came under attack.
“We were taken by surprise as an Israeli artillery shell landed on my family,” said the man. “I am the father of six daughters and a son. One of my daughters was killed, two others and the boy were injured.”
He continued: “We run from death to death, killing to more killing.”
Al-Shifa Hospital to keep running as long as possible, says director
Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, says his team is committed to keeping the facility running as long as possible amid the escalating Israeli offensive.
“We are still providing medical services to the people of Gaza City, despite the ongoing invasion, the tanks approaching the hospital, and the continuous shelling,” he said. “Our teams are committed to their duty.”
Al-Shifa, the largest medical facility still functioning in northern Gaza, has been attacked and raided several times by Israeli forces since the war began, with much of the building destroyed.
He said if the hospital, which is facing severe fuel shortages, went out of service, it would be a “catastrophe”. “Hundreds of thousands of displaced people remain here, and if this hospital stops working, thousands will die,” he said.
For doctors at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, leaving is not an option, says hospital director Muhammad Abu Salmiya
