Israel says it’s taking steps to maintain hospitals working and minimise civilian casualties. It accuses Hamas of working in densely populated areas, together with round hospitals, and utilizing civilians as human shields and has launched photographs and movies supporting this allegation, which the Islamist group denies.
The Palestinian Purple Crescent Society mentioned in a press release that medical groups at Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis can be unable to carry out surgical procedures as a result of oxygen provides had been depleted.
Extra households had been displaced from Khan Younis on Sunday. Some individuals took grime roads to get nearer to town of Rafah alongside the border with Egypt or Deir Al-Balah to the north. Others headed west to an space known as Al-Mawasi the place residents described being crammed right into a small space.
“It’s as crowded as it may get,” mentioned electrician Abu Raouf, a father of 4. “Folks have misplaced their skill to assume, their skill to really feel, they’re shifting like robots, it’s only a matter of time earlier than Israel sends tanks into right here as nicely, there isn’t any place secure.”
Reem Abu Tair left Khan Younis within the chilly with three youngsters, one in every of them an toddler.
“We managed to save lots of our lives, we escaped bombings and the destruction that’s surrounding us solely to finish up within the chilly. So, if a baby doesn’t die from the bombing, he’ll die from the chilly,” Abu Tair mentioned.