The World Health Organization announced on Friday that the Palestinian authorities had informed it that it was “impossible” to evacuate vulnerable patients from hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of the area.
The organization’s spokesman, Tariq Yasarevic, explained during a United Nations press conference in Geneva that “in light of the ongoing Israeli air strikes, there is no longer any safe place that civilians can go,” adding that “the Palestinian Ministry of Health informed the health organization that it is impossible to evacuate vulnerable patients from… Hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.
For his part, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said that the health teams have been working for 7 days and have not left their sites despite the targeting and casualties among their ranks.
He added: “Hospitals have begun to lose their clinical, pharmaceutical and fuel capabilities, and worse is coming. We appeal to all parties to expedite the introduction of medical supplies to hospitals before it is too late.”
On Friday morning, Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus conveyed a statement to the media and a message to the residents of Gaza, ahead of a “possible ground attack” expected soon.
Conricus said, in a video clip published by the official Israeli army page on the “X” platform, “Twitter” previously: “As a humanitarian step in order to reduce civilian casualties, we ask the residents of Gaza to evacuate their homes and head south, towards the Gaza Valley, which is… An area known and clear to everyone.”
The Israeli army also published a written statement on Friday morning, in which it said through its spokesman that it “calls on all residents of Gaza City to evacuate their homes and head south.”
The army asked residents to “be present south of Wadi Gaza as shown on the map.”
2023-10-13 10:01:20
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