There are still around 200 Palestinian martyrs under the rubble of their homes destroyed by the [...] occupation army in the northern Gaza Strip during the past 48 hours, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported. According to Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the enclave, “The humanitarian situation in the northern Gaza Strip is approaching an absolute catastrophe due to the ongoing Israeli aggression.”

Abu Safiya pointed out that, “It broke our hearts to hear the voices of the living calling for help from under the rubble, but when people tried to rescue them, they were targeted by Israeli warplanes, which made the task almost impossible.”

When the Al-Araj family home was targeted, he said, it was “tragic”, as there were about 100 people inside the house. “Only one person survived, an employee at the laundry of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who happened to be at work during the raid.”

The hospital director explained that the hospital is currently facing major challenges, most notably the ban on the entry into Gaza of medical equipment, medicines and medical disposables, in addition to blocking the entry of ambulances which arrive with great difficulty. He added that there are 63 hospitalised patients, most of them wounded, including nine in the intensive care unit and two new-born babies.