The Israeli army gave civilians in the disputed northern Gaza Strip a new chance to flee to the south of the coastal area on Sunday.
In addition, a passage will be created between Gaza’s largest clinic, Shifa Hospital, and a connecting road to the south, the army announced. The escape corridor is open between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM local time (8:00 AM to 3:00 PM CET).
Evacuation south
The Israeli military accuses Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, of using the Shifa hospital as a command and control center. The army also announced a “tactical pause” in fighting for “humanitarian purposes” in two areas in the north.
According to the information, this should allow an evacuation to the south.
Israel has been calling on civilians in Gaza City and the north for weeks to move to the south of the coastal strip for their own safety.
Conflicting statements
But according to eyewitnesses, there have also been several Israeli airstrikes in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
According to the army, these were exclusively targeted attacks on members of the terrorist organization Hamas. The information could not be independently verified at this time.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues around Shifa Hospital, according to a doctor who works there. “We can hardly treat the patients in the hospital and we are in the middle of a war zone,” the doctor at the largest clinic in the coastal strip, Ahmed Mokhallalati, told Al-Jazeera news channel on Sunday. “Airstrikes and drones are constantly circling the hospital area.”
The Israeli army’s announcement that civilians could leave the hospital via the eastern side was a “big lie,” the doctor said. On Saturday, a family of five tried just this. Then she was shot. “So they came back injured.”
According to Palestinian reports, the clinic has been attacked several times recently. The Israeli army denied the accusations of attacks and accused terrorists from the Islamist Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, of deliberately positioning themselves near the hospital. With 700 beds, it is the most important hospital complex in the coastal strip.
Source: Krone
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