Increasing attacks, no electricity in hospitals and difficult escape conditions – the people of Gaza are suffering immensely from the Israeli war.
Gaza – Thousands of dead people, tens of thousands of injured and countless displaced citizens – The emergency in Gaza Strip is getting worse and worse. Rocket attacks, ground fighting and armaments are increasing – the humanitarian situation in Gaza has little prospect of improvement.
The Israeli army says it has attacked more than 12,000 targets in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. These included weapons depots, buildings of leading members of the Islamist Hamas, Hamas terrorists and rocket arsenals, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Platform X on Thursday, November 2nd. On Wednesday, the military spoke of around 11,000 targets.
The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen since the beginning of the Israel war According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, the number rose to 9,061 as of Thursday, November 2, including 3,760 children and 2,326 women. More than 32,000 people were also injured. These numbers cannot usually be verified independently.
Emergency care due to the Israel war: 16 hospitals in Gaza are out of operation
According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, hospitals in the Gaza Strip can barely function. 16 of a total of 35 hospitals in the coastal area could no longer treat patients due to a lack of fuel, a spokesman said on Thursday, November 2nd. They need fuel for their generators to produce electricity.
Israel wants loudly dpa-Information does not allow the import of fuel into the Gaza Strip because it fears misuse by the terrorist militia ruling there. It is used by the Islamists to ventilate the underground tunnel system from which Israeli soldiers could be attacked. Israel also accuses Hamas of taking fuel from hospitals for war purposes.
Hussam Abu Safija, the senior pediatrician at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, said German press agency: “We are doing our best, but we need better medical care, otherwise our hospitals will become graveyards.” Operations would be carried out without anesthesia and only with cell phone lights.
Israel’s war in Gaza: Escape to Egypt not possible for everyone
Saudi Arabia wants to support the suffering civilian population in the Gaza Strip with the equivalent of another twelve million euros. The Center for Humanitarian Aid named after King Salman announced this on Thursday, November 2nd. King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would donate this sum themselves.
As the German press agency Around 400 foreigners and Palestinian people with dual nationality left the Gaza Strip for Egypt. They arrived in the Egyptian part of the Rafah border crossing on Thursday. The UN emergency relief office OCHA spoke of around 350 people, including Germans. About 1.4 million people have been displaced by the ongoing war within the Gaza Strip. (Lisa Mariella Löw)
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