Palestine Red Crescent Society: Response Report As of Saturday, October 7th 2023, 6:00 PM Until Saturday, November 11th 2023, 24:00 AM [EN/AR]

Palestine Red Crescent Society teams are still responding to the developments on the ground in both Gaza Strip and the West Bank, where the operations are carried out 24/7, For the 36th day in a row.

Latest Updates:

Gaza Strip:

The Israeli occupation forces intensified the siege of Al-Quds Hospital by advancing their way to the entrance of the hospital. They have also continued to directly attack Al- Quds Hospital through the firing of live ammunition at the intensive care unit of the hospital and the civilians inside the building, resulting in the injury of a number of displaced persons. These cases have been dealt with in the emergency unit of the hospital, in conjunction with PCRS crews’ active commitment and maintenance of their humanitarian duties within the hospital and at the Society’s headquarters.

• Since last night, the Israeli occupation forces have besieged Al-Shifa Hospital West of Gaza City by land and air and have actively targeted its medical personnel and displaced persons seeking refuge within the hospital. Notably, the Israeli occupation forces have targeted the hospital’s remaining energy sources which has led to a complete power outage; additionally, the hospital has run out of food and water while dead bodies pile in the hallways between its units. This situation affirms that all persons present in the hospital including medical personnel, sick and wounded, and displaced persons could be facing imminent death at any moment.

• Communications with PRCS’ Emergency Operations Room in Gaza remain cut off as a result of the loss of telecommunications and internet services in Gaza City as well as the VHF waves disruptions, impeding crews from effectively performing their duties and rendering the situation increasingly challenging.

• The Israeli occupation forces have targeted the UNDP headquarters in Gaza last night which is currently providing refuge for displaced civilians; this incident led to 2 martyrs and tens of injuries. At the same time, the occupation forces have targeted Mahdi obstetrics hospital which currently provides refuge for displaced persons, leading to 1 martyr and tens of injuries.

• The situation is exacerbated as the complete depletion of fuel supplies is imminent within the next few hours. PCRS Medical teams are exerting every effort to provide medical care to patients and the wounded in the face of power outages and deteriorating humanitarian conditions inside the hospital, including shortages of medical supplies, food, and water.

• Early today, the Israeli occupation forces have been targeting the hospitals (Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Rantisi, and Al-Quds); Rantissi Hospital has been besieged and targeted, and Al-Shifa Hospital has been targeted with shells, particularly patient clinics at the vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital are besieged and any person moving outside the hospital is targeted. At this time, one of the displaced persons at Al-Quds hospital was targeted at the main entrance of the hospital which led to their immediate martyr.

• The Israeli occupation tanks and vehicles have penetrated into several districts in Gaza governorate and Northern Gaza governorates, which separated the southern part of the Strip from the north, which increases the challengesfaced by the teams working in the field by prohibiting the ambulances from reaching to Al-Rasheed St which is the only coastal road and targets who and/ or whichever reaches the area.
Additionally, citizens are prohibited from moving across the governorates, in spite of the occupation forces bombarding their residential buildings randomly.

• The Israeli occupation forces continue to target all sources of life in the strip, including targeting alternative energy networks and all bakeries that have already stopped as a result of the interruption of food supplies and the lack of electricity or fuel needed to operate them, as severe warnings are coming out concerning the depletion of food supplies and water in Gaza city and the northern Gaza, which exposes hundreds of thousands of citizens to extreme danger.

• The intensified Israeli bombardments acrossthe entire strip is ongoing, targeting residential towers, buildings, mosques, churches, main roads, infrastructure and hospitals are being targeted by these bombardments. As a result, many civilians have lost their lives including women, children and elderlies.

• Israeli aircrafts intensified the bombardments nearby PRCS’s HQ and Al-Quds hospital in Tel Al-Hawa west of Gaza is maximizing the damages caused, and the challenges to the health sector teams and IDPs in the premises.

• Al-Quds Hospital’s administration has decided to minimize the majority of services provided within the hospital with the intention to regulate the usage of fuel for the sake of the continuity of the hospital’s services for a few more days.

• The Rafah Land Crossing continues to operate for the departure of the wounded and dual citizenship holders.

• The Ministry of Health confirms that the occupation forces deliberately targeted (135) healthcare facilities, which led to (67) facilities sustaining severe damage, the loss of (198) medical personal lives, (18) from the rescue team members and the wreckage of (51) ambulances that are now un-operable.

• The Ministry of Health confirms that (21) hospitals and (47) health centers are out of service as a result of Israeli targeting and the depletion of fuel and medical resources.

• Based on official data, 50 journalists have been directly targeted and martyred since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza.

• Official authorities have received approximately (3000) reports of missing persons in the rubble including well over (1500) children.

• The Israeli occupation targeting has reached the schools, where (240) schools were damaged to varying degrees, while (63) schools are out of service as a result of being deliberately targeted, which exacerbated the suffering of the displaced and overcrowding in shelter centers.

• (12) ambulance vehicles and (2) special use ambulances are out of order as a result of violations and very serious damage.

• Missions to retrieve martyrs are extremely challenging due to the lack of necessary tools and equipment to remove the rubble. Consequently, hundreds of martyrs remain under the rubble of their homes which have been bombarded without warning by Israeli occupation warplanes.

• Missions to retrieve martyrs are extremely challenging due to the lack of necessary tools and equipment to remove the rubble. Consequently, hundreds of martyrs remain under the rubble of their homes which have been bombarded without warning by Israeli occupation warplanes.

West Bank:

PRCS EMTs responded as of today November 11th 2023 until 24:00 AM to (12) as a result of the Israeli’ occupation’s storming of Hebron, Ramallah, and Al-Bireh. Additionally, (1) martyr was transported due to the occupation’s storming of Arrabeh village in Jenin.