According to eyewitness accounts, Israeli tanks are positioned in the central streets of Gaza City. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported today that the tanks were about 20 meters from Al-Kuds Hospital in Gaza City. There is heavy bombing in the region. Thousands of refugees who sought protection at the clinic are very scared.
The Israeli army has denied reports of attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital. There was no shooting at the hospital, but there were skirmishes with Hamas fighters in the area, an army official said. The Israeli military says that tomorrow it will help transfer babies from this hospital to a safer clinic. Hospital officials asked for it.
Of the 18 Red Crescent ambulances in the north of the Gaza Strip, only seven are still operational, he said. The organization warned that they could also fail within hours due to lack of fuel.
Continued warnings to civilians
Earlier this week, the Israeli army said ground troops had advanced “deep” into Gaza City. Since then, Israel has repeatedly reiterated calls on civilians in Gaza City to flee to the southern Gaza Strip. Israel accuses the Islamic group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, of deliberately using civilians as human shields.
The Israeli army said five reservists were killed in fighting in northern Gaza. Since the Hamas massacre in the Israeli border area on October 7, 361 Israeli soldiers have been killed.
According to the Ministry of Health, controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas, more than 11,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israeli counterattacks – the majority of them Palestinian civilians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has “killed thousands of terrorists” in the Gaza Strip.