The general coordinator of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Gaza, Matthias Kannes, warned this Monday that the situation in that region “is horrible” because “there are a large number of Israeli and Palestinian victims.”
“Our Palestinian partners are working day and night to cope with the influx of wounded. Following today’s bomb attack [segunda-feira] “In Al Jabalia refugee camp, our team treated more than 50 people at Al Awda hospital,” said Kannes, quoted in a statement from this non-governmental organization (NGO).
The coordinator of the humanitarian association in Gaza explained that he received information from his teams on the ground at Al Awda hospital “that 50 patients arrived this afternoon, five of whom have already died.”
“The others managed to be stabilized by our team and were discharged from the hospital in the hope of finding a safe place in the northern Gaza Strip,” he added, underlining that reports indicate that “the attacks continue in the city of Loop”. .
Kannes also reported that many of his Palestinian colleagues left their homes “for fear of being attacked,” while “some of them reported the complete destruction of the building in which they lived.”
The Islamic group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory this Saturday, called Operation “Al-Aqsa Storm”, with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen by land, sea and air.
In response to the surprise attack, Israel bombed several Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip from the air, in an operation it called “Iron Swords.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is “at war” with Hamas.
The latest report from the Palestinian Ministry of Health records at least 560 deaths due to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza – including dozens of minors and women – which raises the total number of deaths on both sides after the armed clashes that began on Saturday. .
Source: TSF
