Israel attacks children’s hospital and convoy: many dead

There are successive developments in the region regarding the crisis between Israel and Hamas. The statements of the ministry’s spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, were published on the Facebook site of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Kudra, who announced that the children’s hospital in the east of the city was evacuated after being hit by phosphorus bombs, did not provide further details.

ATTACK ON CONVOY BY ISRAEL: AT LEAST 70 DEAD

According to the Palestinian Interior Ministry statement, Palestinians who had to leave their homes due to Israeli attacks became targets of Israeli warplanes.

At least 70 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the attack on a convoy of displaced Palestinians. Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, described the attack as “a new massacre.”

In the news, it was claimed that Israeli forces attacked three separate convoys formed on Salahaddin and Rashid streets, where displaced citizens were heading towards southern Gaza.

UN: NO AID HAS ARRIVED IN GAZA FOR 6 DAYS

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric reported at the daily press conference on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Stating that Gaza has been without electricity since Wednesday and that health and water services are on the verge of collapse, Dujarric stated that hospitals only have electricity for a few hours a day.

Noting that food security is also in danger, Dujarric said in a meeting with a friend from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): “My friend said no. They have not been able to bring even a drop of water to the region for 6 days. “The situation is the worst of the worst.” saying.

“Currently no aid can enter the Gaza Strip because the border crossings are closed.” Dujarric stressed that “Israel must give the green light” for aid to begin.

“WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT A HUMAN DISASTER”

Dujarric claimed that the UN Secretary-General was trying to avoid a “humanitarian disaster” by holding heavy meeting traffic and emphasized the need to ensure humanitarian access and avoid further civilian casualties.

“Israeli authorities need to protect civilians. “Under international humanitarian law, UN facilities should never be attacked.” Underlining this, Dujarric called on the parties with power to influence the situation to “put an end to the tragedy.”

423 THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED

Sharing the information that, according to current figures, there are 423,000 displaced people in Gaza, Dujarric said the numbers could be much higher.

Stating that there are also 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, Dujarric stated that some of them will give birth in the coming months and that they do not have access to basic health care.

Regarding the question of whether Israel’s demand that 1.1 million civilians in Gaza leave their homes and move to the south of the region constitutes “ethnic cleansing or genocide,” Dujarric said these concepts should be clarified by the authorities. judicial and stated: “People should not be displaced against their will.” he said.

ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT

Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack against Israel on the morning of October 7, dubbed the “Aqsa Flood.”

As thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, Palestinian armed groups attacked and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez border gate on the Gaza-Israel border.

Armed groups then entered settlements inside Israel from here and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.

It was reported that 1,300 Israelis were killed and 3,436 Israelis were injured in the attacks carried out from Gaza.

The Gaza Health Ministry announced that 1,900 people, including 614 children, were killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks. (AA)