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- Israeli forces have launched air raids in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, leaving a number of killed and wounded.
- Director of Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Rafah says there are dozens of corpses on the streets of people killed by the Israeli army with rescue workers unable to reach the injured people.
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Israeli forces launch ‘unprecedented brutal attack’ on Nuseirat
Gaza’s Government Media Office says the Israeli forces have launched “an unprecedented brutal attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp”, leaving dozens of people killed and wounded in the streets.
“[It] continues its aggression against all areas of the Central Governorate [Deir el-Balah], and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is in a catastrophic situation,” it said.
Israeli forces launched “a barbaric and brutal aggression” in the camp, directly targeting civilians, the office said, adding that ambulances and civil defence cannot reach the area due to the intensity of the bombing.
The office warned that Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is the only hospital in Deir el-Balah currently working on only one electric generator; if the sole generator stops, “a real disaster” will ensue.
“This hospital provides health services to a million people and displaced persons, and it cannot accommodate this large number of martyrs and injuries,” it said.
It called on the international community, the UN and all international organisations “to intervene immediately and urgently save the hospital and save the health situation in the Central Governorate”.
“We hold the [Israeli] occupation and the American administration fully responsible for this catastrophic crime in which the blood of dozens of innocent civilians was shed,” it said.
“We call on the international community and all international organisations to stop this brutal aggression continued by the ‘Israeli’ occupation, and we demand that they stop the genocidal war immediately and urgently.”
### 'Everyone is Terrified'
**Hind Khoudary Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Central Gaza**
Al-Aqsa Hospital is overwhelmed. People are lying on the floor as medics and volunteers struggle to assist them. There is simply no space available.
Injured individuals are being placed in other departments as doctors strive to save as many lives as possible amidst a multitude of severe, critical injuries. The atmosphere is one of pervasive fear.
This area has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians from Rafah over the past few weeks. They came here after Israeli forces designated the middle area as a “safe area.”
However, there is no truly safe place in Gaza. People are now homeless, terrified, and horrified, dreading another wave of violence and airstrikes. They have no idea where to hide or where to go.
Israeli army issues statement about Nuseirat operation
The Israeli army has said in a short statement that it is targeting “militant” infrastructure in the Nuseirat area, where Gaza’s Health Ministry reported dozens of casualties.
Images from central Gaza show children and women being rushed to the hospital.
It is unusual for Israel’s military to inform about its actions while its operations are still under way.
Ambulances have not stopped transferring people to Al-Aqsa Hospital
I’m currently in Al-Aqsa Hospital, where injuries did not stop coming inside from different areas; we’re talking about areas like Deir el-Balah, Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij.
This area has been under intense bombardment since the early hours of the morning. We’re talking about artillery shelling, air strikes and also live ammunition from the warships.
We saw a couple of targets surrounding Al-Aqsa Hospital. There was a massive air strike on one of the houses very close to the hospital where we are right now, and we’re trapped; we can’t leave right now because it’s very dangerous.
The ambulances have not stopped transferring injuries, and not only ambulances. We’re talking about people, donkey carts, cars and anyone trying to help as much as possible.
I spoke to a lot of injured people, and some said they woke up from intense artillery shelling where the shells fell on the houses and they got injured, and it was a miracle they were evacuated.
We can still hear artillery shelling.
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| People gather as Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir el-Balah, Saturday [Doaa Rouqa/Reuters] |
Bodies, wounded patients still arriving at Deir el-Balah hospital: Health Ministry
Gaza’s Health Ministry has given an update on the situation in Deir el-Balah:
- Large numbers of dead bodies and wounded patients are still arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the majority of whom are children and women.
- Dozens of wounded people are lying on the ground and medical teams are trying to save them with the simple medical capabilities they have available.
- The hospital faces a severe shortage of medicines, medical consumables and fuel, in addition to the stoppage of the main electric generator.
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The bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli attack are brought to the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, Saturday [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu
Civil defence teams recovering bodies in Deir el-Balah
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces have launched air raids close to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
Mohammed el-Mougher, head of the supplies department at the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza, says Israeli forces have advanced towards eastern Deir el-Balah, forcing Palestinians to flee.
“The hospital received tens of martyrs and wounded people following the Israeli attacks. The ambulance and civil defence teams are still recovering martyrs and injured people from under the rubble,” el-Mougher told Al Jazeera.
“The capacities are very weak and there are only three fire engines in the central governorate. We are facing a lot of challenges and we can’t reach every place.”
He added that Israeli forces had evacuated the al-Qastal neighbourhood without warning and without “declaring it a red zone”.
Adding Israel to UN blacklist could ‘increase the vision among the Israeli society’
Tamer Qarmout, associate professor of public policy at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says the UN adding the Israeli army to a blacklist of those who harm children in conflict could “increase the vision among the Israeli society and among the Jewish people as well”.
“We have seen this great movement in the US where so many Jewish Americans have demonstrated carrying the slogans ‘Not in Our Name’,” Qarmout told Al Jazeera. “They want to see an end of this genocidal war.”
He added that even “Zionist or the pro-occupation camp” could have difficulty ignoring the implications of the blacklisting.
“The fact now that Israel has to stand – less than 90 years after its establishment that Israel is a state – from a nation that has suffered from the Holocaust to a nation that is facing now so many cases standing ahead of international justice, and they have to answer for all these crimes.”
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