Because the Israeli army pounded central and southern Gaza by land, sea and air, Palestinian authorities reported scores of casualties and the United Nations well being company mentioned 1000’s of individuals had been making an attempt to flee the widening offensive.
Residents within the central Gaza Strip mentioned that with dusk, Israeli tank shelling intensified on Wednesday east of the already overcrowded Bureij, Maghazi and Nuseirat refugee camps the place tanks have been making an attempt to pressure their manner by way of.
Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari mentioned that extra reinforcements have been despatched into the southern a part of the Palestinian territory on the outskirts of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces had been urgent on with their operations within the northern a part of the enclave, leaving tons of of 1000’s of fleeing Palestinians with no protected place left to shelter.
The World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned its employees had seen 1000’s of individuals fleeing heavy strikes in Khan Younis on foot, on donkeys or in automobiles. Makeshift shelters had been being constructed alongside the street.
“WHO is extraordinarily involved this recent displacement of individuals will additional pressure well being amenities within the south, that are already struggling to fulfill the inhabitants’s immense wants,” mentioned Rik Peeperkorn, WHO consultant for the occupied Palestinian territories.
“This pressured mass motion of individuals will even result in extra overcrowding, elevated threat of infectious illnesses and make it even more durable to ship humanitarian support.”
