RAFA, Gaza Strip — Palestinians fleeing the ongoing Israeli raid on Gaza’s main hospital said in an interview Sunday that mass arrests and forced marches past bodies were leading to said Israel was blocking key agencies that help send food aid to the Gaza Strip. The desolate northern part of the enclave.
The Israeli military says it has killed more than 170 militants and captured about 480 suspects in a raid on Shifa hospital that began on Monday, a blow to Hamas and other armed groups that say they have reunited at the hospital. says it was a big blow. war We are approaching the 6 month milestone.
The battle highlights the resilience of Palestinian militants in the heavily devastated area of the Gaza Strip, where Israeli troops are forced to return after fighting. There were similar attacks in the early weeks of the war..
Kareem Ayman Khatat, who lived in a five-story building about 100 meters from the hospital, said he huddled in his kitchen for days as the building occasionally shook from the explosion.
Early Saturday morning, Israeli forces stormed the building and displaced dozens of residents. The men said they were forced to wear their underwear and four were detained. The rest were blindfolded and ordered to follow the tank south as explosions rang out all around them.
“At times, tanks fired shells,” he told The Associated Press. “It was to terrify us.”
Israeli warplanes launched several attacks on Sunday near Shifa Hospital, which has been largely shut down following the November attack.Several months ago, the Israeli military exposed single tunnel It leads to several basements.
In recent weeks, little aid has been delivered to northern Gaza and Gaza City, where Shifa is located. The isolated region suffered widespread devastation early in the Israeli offensive. Hamas attack on October 7th That triggered the war.
the expert said Famine is imminent in northern GazaMore than 210,000 people are suffering from devastating hunger.
A day after standing near an estimated 7,000 aid trucks waiting to enter Gaza, the UN chief called starvation a “moral outrage”. Antonio Guterres It called for the immediate implementation of a humanitarian ceasefire, the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, and the removal of “obstacles and chokepoints” by Israel to enable the delivery of large amounts of aid.
“If you look at Gaza, it’s as if the four horsemen of war, famine, conquest and death are running through it,” Guterres said in Egypt.What justifies collective punishment of Palestinians? He added that there was none.
Early Sunday, Israeli forces attacked al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in the southern city of Khan Yunis amid “very heavy shelling,” according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The Israeli military announced an operation in Khan Yunis that targeted Hamas infrastructure, saying it “used tank fire to eliminate terrorists at close range.” The military said there are currently no active troops at the hospital.
Now in its sixth month, the war has reportedly killed at least 32,226 Palestinians. Gaza Ministry of Health. The number of deaths does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but it says women and children account for about two-thirds of the deaths.
Israel claims, without providing evidence, that it has killed more than 13,000 militants. It blames Hamas for civilian casualties and accuses it of using schools, hospitals and residential areas.
More than 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have left their homes, with the majority seeking refuge. Located in the southernmost city of Rafah, which Israel calls the next target for ground attacks.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects petition from US Others are trying to avoid large-scale ground operations on the ground, arguing that they are essential to defeating Hamas.
Hamas-led attacks across southern Israel on October 7 killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took dozens of hostages. Hamas still holds an estimated 100 hostages and 30 bodies. Most of the rest were released in November in exchange for the release of some Palestinian prisoners of war.
The US, Qatar and Egypt are once again trying to broker a ceasefire and release.
On Sunday, Jews celebrated across the border from Gaza. the most fun on holidayPurim, the Biblical story of a plot to exterminate the Jews in Persia that was thwarted as an affirmation of Jewish survival.
The war caused instability throughout the region. low intensity conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. A Syrian construction worker was killed Sunday when his car was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese town of Soueiri, Lebanese state media said.
Overnight, the Israeli military announced that it had attacked a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing facility in the city of Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon. Three people were injured, local officials said. Hezbollah later announced it had fired 60 missiles across the border in response. There were no reports of Israeli casualties.
