The war and its derivatives are advancing on the three fronts open to Israel: Gaza, the West Bank and the border with Lebanon. In the Gaza Strip, where more than 14,000 people have died, fighting continues in the north between occupation forces and Palestinian resistance forces, while bombings continue in the south. According to authorities in the enclave where Hamas rules, Israeli attacks on hospital centers where hundreds of patients remain and thousands of civilians seek refuge remain commonplace. Meanwhile, the United Nations is trying to evacuate three hospitals in the north that had appealed for help amid the bombings. Below is Al Shifa Hospital, the largest on the Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent on Tuesday condemned the deaths of three doctors in an attack on Al-Awda Hospital in the north. The NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported that two of them worked for their organization. Jordan, for its part, has denounced Israel’s order to evacuate the field hospital it runs in Gaza, although it has no plans to follow that order, according to a public statement from Prime Minister Damit al Khasawneh.
According to health authorities, the death toll in Gaza is currently 14,128, including 5,600 children and 3,550 women. However, they fear that between 5,000 and 6,000 bodies will not be recovered. The Israeli army maintains hospitals as one of the main targets of its offensive.
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In recent hours, the military has continued to attack the Indonesian hospital in the north and Al Aqsa in the south. The first of them is surrounded by troops and tanks and is constantly being hit by projectiles, according to a spokesman for Gaza’s health ministry, adding that “dozens” of bodies were crammed into different rooms of the center in a “tragic” situation. and “indescribable.” The director of Al Aqsa, Iyad Abo Zaher, reported through this spokesman that they cannot care for the injured and that illnesses among children are becoming more common. Unicef spokesman James Elder cited the risk of a “massive disease outbreak” that could increase child mortality rates given overcrowding.
As the World Health Organization (WHO) reports, three hospitals have requested help to evacuate during the siege by the Israeli army. This UN agency acknowledges that it is trying to design the necessary plan to carry out this operation. None of the medical centers in the northern part of the Gaza Strip can function normally, although they continue to receive patients and citizens seeking refuge. The three who asked for help with the evacuation have been subjected to attacks and harassment from Israeli occupation forces for weeks. These are Al Shifa, Al Ahli and the Indonesian Hospital mentioned above.
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Violence in the West Bank and Lebanon
On the other hand, the army has carried out a new armed incursion into the West Bank, this time in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, where, according to the Ministry of Health, a teenager died from a shot in the chest of the Palestinian Authority (PNA). Finally, the border with Lebanon continues to be the scene of constant projectile firing and air strikes. The Lebanese authorities reported this Tuesday the deaths of eight people, including two journalists.
The deaths of these two reporters from Al Mayadeen TV channel bring to three the number of informants killed while covering the war near the border. The previous one was Portal cameraman Isam Abdullah, who died on October 13 in what Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called a “deliberate attack.” A report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Monday before this latest attack that 48 journalists or media workers had been killed since the war began on October 7. Of these, 43 in Gaza, 4 in Israel and 1 in Lebanon.
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