According to Palestinian sources, several civilian buildings have been destroyed, killing dozens and injuring hundreds. In addition, at least four hospitals have stopped functioning as a result of the bombings, while Israel insists its attacks targeted “military posts.”
Gaza continues to be hit by heavy Israeli airstrikes, including on bakeries and a 14-story building in ruins, killing dozens and wounding hundreds, Palestinian sources said. Meanwhile, the enclave’s militias continue to fire rockets into Israeli territory on the thirteenth day of the war.
Similarly, at least four hospitals in the Gaza Strip have completely stopped functioning due to “continued bombardment” by Israel, the enclave’s Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said on Thursday.
According to the Israeli military, the bombings in recent hours have targeted “hundreds of Hamas military posts and facilities, which have been destroyed.” Similarly, they also claim to have killed senior officials of the Islamist group and Palestinian militias, including Rafat Harb Hussein Abu Bilal, head of the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees organization, the third largest militia in Gaza.
The first woman to hold a position in Hamas political office, Jamila al Shanti, was also killed today by an Israeli bombing of her home in Gaza.
In addition, according to the Gaza government media office, a third major death in today’s offensive was Jihad Muheisen, commander of the National Security Forces, a military security body in the Palestinian territories controlled by Hamas in Gaza.
Today, Gazan militias continued to launch rockets towards Israel, raising alarms in Israeli communities near Gaza or in the city of Tel Aviv, and the al Qasam brigades – Hamas’s armed wing – have also launched rocket salvos towards launched the city. from Ashkelon.
The war between Israel and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip is the bloodiest in the region in decades, erupting on October 7 when Hamas launched an attack on Israeli territory, carrying out a ground attack and killing at least 1,400.
In turn, the number of deaths in Gaza due to Israeli bombardments already stands at at least 3,785, including at least 2,604 women, children and the elderly, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported today.
At least four hospitals are out of service
In a televised statement, the spokesman for the Gaza Strip Ministry of Health specified that the affected health centers are the hospitals of Beit Hanun, Al Durra, Al Karama and the International Ophthalmology Hospital in Gaza City.
Likewise, it confirmed that the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, the only center offering oncology services in Gaza, has partially stopped working due to a lack of fuel and electricity and that some of its departments, such as the Emergency Department, are out of service.
Waiting for the opening of the Rafah border crossing
The UN and NGOs have collected some 3,000 tons of supplies in the northern part of Egypt, which is already awaiting the opening of the Rafah border crossing, the only border point in the Gaza Strip not controlled by Israel and a vital point of entry for the Gaza Strip. humanitarian assistance in light of the current escalation of the conflict.
The Israeli government agreed on Wednesday to allow the entry of such aid, making clear that it would not open border crossings under its control and that any shipment had to be made through Rafah. The Egyptian authorities have also given their approval, although no concrete measures have been taken.
Source: EITB
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