Palestine Red Crescent Society: Response Report As of Saturday, October 7th 2023, 6:00 PM Until Sunday, November 12th 2023, 24:00 AM [EN/AR]

Latest Updates:

Gaza Strip:

• The evacuation of displaced persons has taken place from the headquarters of PRCS and Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza this morning after the Israeli occupation’s siege of both. This evacuation will be through a path specified by the occupation forces under rare and difficult conditions, leading to the south of the 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.

• The occupation forces are still besieging Al-Rantisi Children’s Oncology Hospital, targeting patients and displaced persons inside the hospital.

• 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.

• 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 challenges faced 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 intensified Israeli bombardments across the 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 • The PRCS’ ambulance lines of communication “101” are facing disruption due to Israeli occupation forces’ repeated and close bombardment in areas around the Society’s headquarters and ambulance stations, rendering responses to calls for help increasingly challenging.

• The PRCS’ ambulance lines of communication as well as VHF waves are also facing deliberate disruptions by the Israeli occupation; they are receiving calls heavy with insults and profanity in Hebrew for long periods of time in order to keep ambulance lines occupied, further impeding humanitarian relief.

• 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, (20) from the rescue team members and the wreckage of (51) ambulances that are now un-operable.

• The Ministry of Health also confirms that (22) hospitals and (49) medical care centers have gone out of service due to Israeli occupation forces’ bombardment as well as 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 (3250) reports of missing persons in the rubble including well over (1700) children.

• The Israeli occupation targeting has reached the schools, where (241) 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) administrative (special use) vehicles pertaining to the PRCS 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.

• The only electricity generation station in Gaza has run out of fuel, in conjunction with the closure of the Rafah land crossing. The cessation of fuel supplies and the interruption of water prelude a humanitarian catastrophe affecting most vital sectors, most notably the health, water, and environment sectors.

• Two ambulance stations in northern Gaza, Gaza Ambulance, and the PRCS’ main warehouses are out of service due to repeated targeting in their surroundings. Severe damage has also been inflicted upon the Society’s headquarters in Gaza, northern Gaza, and Khan Yunis, and to the Emergency Operations Room and Al-Quds Hospital.

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

• The number of facilities that are uninhabitable is 41,030. The number of facilities that were partially damaged is 222,120. The number of targeted schools is 241 schools.