Alwaght- The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has risen to 1345, said Palestinians ministry of health in the besieged enclave.
The ministry also said that the number of people injured by the unceasing pounding of the Palestinian region has increased to beyond 6,000.
Arab 48 news website reported that according to UN statistics, more than 2,540 residential units have been completely destroyed and about 338 thousand people have also been forced to leave their homes.
Israeli fighter jets bombarded Gaza port again this morning. The Israeli army announced that on Thursday morning, it carried out another “massive attack” and mainly targeted Hamas facilities in the coastal area of the Gaza Strip.”
The health ministry in Gaza also announced that “our medical staff and health institutions are exhausted and on the verge of complete collapse.”
According to the Palestinian media, the corpses are piled up on the ground in Gaza’s Shafa hospital due to the lack of a morgue.
The Israeli air raids seem to know no red lines or international principles. They target everything moving on earth. From people to vehicles. On Wednesday, they targeted an ambulance scrambled for rescue after a heavy bombing. The
UNRWA, the UN work and aid agency in Palestine, said that 11 of its staff were killed by the Israeli bombardment.
Crisis deepens amid power outage
On Wednesday, reports suggested that the only power plant in Gaza Strip has ceased operation as Israel cut off fuel from Gaza. This means that the hospitals will stop services soon as the diesel generators remain their only source of power. Fuel for generators will only last “ for a few hours,” sources say.
The fuel shortage will cause a real catastrophe in Gaza, worsened by Israel cutting off water. This will also make oxygen unavailable.
Medical centres have been overwhelmed after Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza and pounded the territory with air and artillery strikes.
The international organizations begin to issue warnings.
“As Gaza loses power, hospitals lose power, putting newborns in incubators and elderly patients on oxygen at risk. Kidney dialysis stops, and X-rays can’t be taken,” said Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s director for the region.
However, Israeli officials seem to have no plans to ease the blockade on “the world’s biggest open air prison.”
Various countries have warned that these Israeli actions amount to a massacre as Tel Aviv blocks humanitarian corridors.
The absence of humanitarian corridors is resulting in unprecedented problems for hospitals. In previous wars, the ICRC and UN were able to secure corridors to deliver aid but Israel has not yet allowed for this.
