The Israeli army continues its hunt for Hamas in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, Israeli tanks have surrounded an ambulance center in the town of Khan Younis, preventing ambulances from leaving. The Al-Amal Hospital in the city is also said to have been cut off from the outside world. Israel itself did not report on the operations.
According to Israel, the remaining Hamas militants have taken refuge in Khan Younis, which had about 400 thousand people before the current war. Last week, the Israeli army launched an offensive to capture or kill these Hamas members. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned that the civilian population is in serious danger during these operations.
In the meantime, the Israeli army continues to bomb targets in the south of the Gaza Strip from the air. Palestinian residents speak to the Reuters news agency of the heaviest bombings in this area since the start of the war on October 7. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 25,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip so far.
Fleeing the violence of war, the majority of the 2.3 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip now live in the southern cities of Rafah and Deir al-Balah. According to Reuters, they live in crowded public buildings or large tent camps made of plastic sheeting and wooden frames. The Nasser Hospital, the only major hospital in Khan Younis that is still accessible, could barely cope with the number of injured: patients are treated on the floor and in aisles.
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2024-01-22 17:26:15
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