Palestine Red Crescent Society: Response Report From Saturday, 07/10/2023, 6:00 AM To Sunday, 05/11/2023, 13:00 PM [EN/AR]

Latest Updates:

Gaza Strip:

1. For the second day, Rafah crossing border is still closed upon issuance of this report, no injured or dual-citizenship (holders of foreign passports) are allowed to leave the Strip.

2. The Israeli occupation forces continue to target the surrounding area of PRCS’s HQ and Al-Quds hospital, earlier this morning, the Israeli aircrafts targeted a residential building across the northern western area of the hospital.
   Al-Quds hospital received (2) martyrs and (17) casualties. Additionally, (5) PRCS’s ambulances and vehicles sustained severe damage, (2) from which are now un-operable. It also caused massive damage to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the third and fourth floors of the hospital. (9) from the IDPs were injured from the shrapnel and shattered glass.

3. Israeli aircrafts intensified the bombardments nearby PRCS’s HQ and Al-Quds hospital in Tel Al-Hawa west of Gaza, which led to shattering the entire interior glass on the heads of the displaced civilians who sought shelter in the premises, the emergency department teams provided the required medical treatment to 21 injured in the department venue, where dozens were treated in the field, all displaced citizens suffered from extreme panic and fear. While these targeting is causing great challenges to the health sector teams performing their humanitarian duties.

4. The Israeli occupation forces persist in their explicit threat to evacuate Al-Quds Hospital and PRCS’s main headquarters in Tel Al-Hawa Neighborhood, west of Gaza. Furthermore, these threats extend to evacuating and relocating well over 14,000 displaced persons taking shelter at the Hospital. Moreover, the Israeli occupation forces have also targeted several residential towers adjacent to the Hospital from the eastern side, causing significant damage to the Hospital’s building and operations. Nevertheless, Al-Quds Hospital remains committed and dedicated to providing services to the patients, injured, and displaced people out of its national and humanitarian duty, despite the Israeli occupation’s threats to evacuate the hospital, and the non-stop shelling and bombing of the area surrounding the hospital.

5. A large number of Israeli occupation tanks and vehicles have penetrated into several districts in Gaza governorate and Northern Gaza governorates. This is an attempt to separate the southern part of the Strip from the north, which increases the challenges faced by the teams working in the field by prohibiting the ambulance’s from reaching to Al-Rasheed St which is the only coastal road and targets who and/ or whichever reaches the area, additionally, citizens are also prohibited from moving across the governorates, though the occupation forces are bombarding their residential buildings randomly.

6. The intensified Israeli bombardments across the entire strip is ongoing, civilians who were forced to evacuate their areas, residential towers, buildings, mosques, churches, main roads, infrastructure and hospitals are being targeted through these bombardments. As a result, many civilians have lost their lives including women, children and elderlies.

7. Eight (8) PRCS ambulances are now un-operable after being directly targeted by the Israeli occupation forces.

8. The Ministry of Health confirms that the occupation forces deliberately targeted (110) healthcare facilities, which led to (57) facilities sustaining severe damage, the loss of (175) medical personal, (18) from the rescue team members and wrecking (31) ambulances that are now un-operable.

9. The Ministry of Health confirms that (16) hospitals and (32) health centers are out of service as a result of Israeli targeting and the depletion of fuel and medical resources.