On the other hand, Israeli forces attacked several electrical generators, including those at Al Wafa Hospital, and bombed solar cells in residential buildings and the Al Amal Institute for Orphans, Gaza government spokesman Salamah Maruf reported.
Israel attacked a children’s hospital and a school on Saturday north of the Gaza Strip, where thousands of civilians displaced by the war sought refuge, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 70, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
‘The Massacre of the Al Fakhoura School This morning’s Israeli occupation left 15 dead and 70 injured, while a new attack by Israeli forces on the doorstep of Al Nasr Children’s Hospital left two dead and many injured, the Gaza ministry has denounced.
About 4,500 Palestinians from the area of Beit Lahia and Jabalia, in the north of the Strip, took refuge in the Al Fakhoura school – a shelter designated by the UN Agency for Displaced Palestinians (UNRWA) – when it was bombed. according to Gazan sources.
“A girl lying under the rubble asked the ambulance crew who rescued her: ‘Will you take me to the cemetery?’,” said a spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health.
On the other hand, Israeli forces have attacked several electrical generators, including that of Al Wafa Hospital, and bombed solar cells in residential buildings and the Al Amal Institute for Orphans, said Salamah Maruf, spokesman for the Gaza government, monitored by the Gaza Strip. political branch of Hamas.
These attacks do happen a day after Israel bombed an ambulance convoy who evacuated injured people from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, leaving 15 dead and 60 injured.
The Israeli army, which bombed despite the Health Ministry warning of its intention to evacuate the wounded to Egypt, justified its attack on the grounds that an ambulance was being used by “a Hamas terrorist cell” but did not provide any proof.
Health authorities in Gaza called the events “a crime,” while UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he felt “shocked.”
Press for a ceasefire
On October 7, Israel declared war on Hamas after the Islamist group carried out a massive attack on Israeli territory that left more than 1,400 dead (mostly civilians), 5,400 injured and at least 241 abducted in Gaza.
Since then, the Israeli army has bombed the enclave relentlessly and a week ago began a ground invasion advancing on Gaza City, the main city in the Gaza Strip.
The The Israeli military offensive on the Palestinian enclave has left almost 9,500 dead (mainly children and women), more than 24,000 injured and some 1.5 million displaced, living in extremely difficult living conditions due to the collapse of hospitals and severe shortages of drinking water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel.
“The Israeli occupation deliberately attacked 105 health facilities and put 16 hospitals and 32 primary care centers out of service,” the Gaza Health Ministry denounced, saying that these attacks killed 150 health workers and destroyed 27 ambulances.
This announcement comes amid growing international pressure for a humanitarian ceasefire.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday traveled to Israel for the third time since the outbreak of war to mediate a ceasefire, but was resoundingly rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Evacuation of the injured
The shortage of medical supplies, personnel and electricity has worsened the condition of many injured and sick people. Therefore, Egypt has authorized specific openings of its border with the Gaza Strip for the evacuation of patients, as well as for the departure of foreigners from the Gaza Strip. providing humanitarian aid.
This border crossing, called Rafah, is expected to open this Saturday for the evacuation of wounded people, while the Israeli army has announced that it will allow the passage of civilians towards the south of the Strip for three hours.
“The Israeli army will allow passage along the Salah al Din road today between one (1 p.m.) and four (4 p.m.) in the afternoon. For your safety, take advantage of that moment to move south, beyond Wadi,” a city in the central Gaza Strip, Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli army, said on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Source: EITB
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