Following the latest evacuation orders by Israeli forces in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, overcrowding and living conditions in the Al Mawasi humanitarian area, which covers about 14% of the Gaza Strip, have become even more difficult.
Nearly 30 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Saturday after intense Israeli airstrikes in the devastated enclave, according to local and medical sources.
Last night, Israeli forces killed at least seventeen people in the west of the refugee camp Nuseirat, in the center of the Strip; Nine of them were involved in firing two artillery shells at a building, Palestinian sources reported.
In addition, four others were killed in the Israeli bombardment of the top floor of a building owned by the Hamad family, and another four in the attack on a house owned by the Zaqout family, near Al-Hasayna.
“Five civilians were killed and 15 other members of the Abu Bakr family were injured in the attack by the occupying forces on a house belonging to the Al Jabour family.” Khan Yunisin the south of the Strip, as described today by the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
In the north and devastated Gaza CityPalestinian Red Crescent (MLRP) health workers have transferred three bodies and several wounded to Baptist Hospital after Israeli warplanes attacked a house in the Sabra neighborhood, south of the Gaza capital.
In the Zeitun neighborhood, three other Palestinians were killed in a rocket attack on their home, and a fourth in the airstrike on the Nassar family’s apartment in the camp, according to Wafa. Jabalia (north).
After the last evacuation orders Israeli forces in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis have further complicated overcrowding and living conditions in the Al Mawasi humanitarian area, which covers about 14% of the Gaza Strip.
“Overcrowding, the huge lack of water and the scarcity of sanitation are fueling the spread of diseases. We are unable to meet the enormous amount of needs,” a coordinator of Doctors Without Borders (AZG).
The NGO claims to treat between 300 and 400 cases daily in a clinic in the region, 200 of which are related to contagious skin diseases that mainly affect children.
Source: EITB
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