Today (Thursday), the Israeli army continued its ground incursion into the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing for several days, in conjunction with launching intense air attacks, according to the German News Agency.
Palestinian sources announced dozens of deaths and injuries in air strikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting residential homes, civilian sites, and agricultural lands.
The sources stated that the Israeli army, in its ground incursions, largely isolated Gaza City and its north from the rest of the Strip as a result of Israeli ground operations and related clashes with Palestinian activists and factions.
The Israeli army said that its forces continue to fight on the ground in the Gaza Strip, and are already encircling Gaza City from both sides.
The army stated that during the night hours, soldiers from the Golani Brigade and the armored forces encountered armed Palestinian groups that fired anti-tank fire at them, detonated explosive devices, and threw hand grenades.
He added that his forces killed dozens of Palestinian militants, while the fighter jets moved in cooperation with the air force, and directed a plane to attack an anti-tank squad that planned to open fire and was covered by naval fire.
An Israeli military vehicle conducts maneuvers inside the Gaza Strip (EPA)
Meanwhile, the United Nations warned that the isolation of Gaza City and its north threatens to halt the delivery of humanitarian aid from the south to about 300,000 internally displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, the Gaza Strip witnessed the killing of 280 Palestinians, bringing the reported death toll since the start of Israel’s attacks on the seventh of last month to 8,805, two-thirds of whom were children and women, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The government media office in Gaza announced that the death toll from Israel’s two “massacres” in Jabalia camp the day before yesterday (Tuesday) and yesterday (Wednesday) exceeded a thousand people, including dead, wounded and missing.
According to the information office, the number of dead reached 195, 120 missing under the rubble, and 777 wounded as a result of Israeli warplanes destroying two residential squares in the Jabalia camp.
Rescue teams, most of them from the Palestinian Civil Defense, are struggling to carry out their tasks, amid continuous air strikes and a severe shortage of fuel to operate vehicles and equipment.
It is estimated that thousands are trapped under the rubble, while the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that it was forced, due to a lack of fuel, to reduce the number of ambulances it operates.
The United Nations estimated that there are more than 1.4 million people in Gaza who are internally displaced, with more than 690,400 people taking refuge in 149 facilities affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
In recent days, tens of thousands of internally displaced people, previously staying with host families, have moved into public shelters in search of food and basic services, increasing pressure on already overcrowded shelters.
Meanwhile, warnings have increased about the dangers of running out of fuel needed to operate electrical generators from hospitals in the Gaza Strip, in light of a complete power outage for more than 20 days following Israel’s suspension of electricity and fuel supplies to Gaza.
After services stopped due to a lack of fuel and electricity at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, the Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia were about to run out of fuel, and appealed to the international community and local residents to help provide fuel.
The Ministry warned that 42 children on life support, 62 wounded people using respirators, and 650 patients with kidney failure are most at risk in the event of a power outage.
Currently, 15 of the 35 hospitals that have the capacity to accommodate inpatients are not operating, in addition to two specialized outpatient centers.
All operating hospitals and clinics are affected by a severe fuel shortage, leading to strict rationing and limited use of generators for essential functions only. Furthermore, maintenance and repair of standby generators, which were not originally intended for continuous operation, have become increasingly difficult due to the scarcity of spare parts.
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2023-11-02 11:17:47
