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As the number of deaths due to war increased rapidly, refrigerated trucks used to transport ice cream were being used as morgues.
It is said that 60% of the dead in Gaza are women and children, and concerns are growing that civilian casualties will increase if Israel deploys ground troops.
This is reporter Shin Jun-myeong’s report.
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Bodies are piled up in a refrigerated car with ice cream on it.
As there is no place to store the increasing number of bodies, refrigerated vehicles and tents are being used as temporary morgues.
[야세르 알리/가자지구 병원 의사]
″The hospital morgue can only accommodate 10 bodies, so ice cream freezers were brought in from an ice cream factory to store the large number of victims coming in every day.″
Ten days into the war, the death toll from both Israel and Palestine has already exceeded 4,000.
The World Health Organization said that 60% of the deaths in Gaza since the start of the war were women or children.
Meanwhile, Israel has gathered hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles in Ashkelon, a border area about 10 kilometers north of the Gaza Strip.
As the evacuation deadline ended at 7pm yesterday evening our time, we are preparing to begin a full-scale ground war.
[헤르지 할레비/이스라엘군 참모총장]
“Our responsibility now is to enter Gaza and take over Hamas’ strongholds.”
According to a CNN report, more than 500,000 Gaza residents fled south in response to Israel’s evacuation warning.
However, there are still many residents, patients, and the elderly who were unable to evacuate due to Israel’s continued air strikes.
If a full-scale ground war begins, it is difficult to avoid large-scale civilian casualties.
[나즐라 사와/구호단체 ′옥스팜′ 관계자]
“All the local colleagues I know are in shelters. They are barely surviving.″
Israel announced that it had resumed water supply to the southern Gaza Strip, where refugees are gathering.
However, it is unclear how helpful it will be in a situation where water pipes have been destroyed in various places due to air raids and power to operate water pumps has been cut off.
This is Shin Jun-myeong from MBC News.
Video Editing: Kwon Ji-eun
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2023-10-16 10:45:13
