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Humanitarian crisis is deepening in the Gaza Strip. The aid provided to the enclave is delivered in limited quantities, it is not enough to meet the needs of the population. At the same time, Israeli airstrikes are destroying more and more strategic infrastructure facilities, where civilians are taking refuge.
On November 13, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that its facilities located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip suffered serious damage as a result of Israeli Navy strikes. The day before, a guesthouse in Rafah, south of Gaza Strip received 3 direct hits. This was one of 60 UN facilities damaged in the last month.
About 780,000 people have taken refuge in the facilities of the UNRWA in the Gaza Strip.
“This recent attack is yet another indication that nowhere in Gaza is safe. Not the north, not the middle areas and not the south. The disregard for the protection of civilian infrastructure including UN facilities, hospitals, schools, shelters and places of worship is testament to the level of horror that civilians in Gaza are living every day,” the UNRWA commissioner-general said.
According to the reports from the area, the Israeli military has turned Ghazza Al Jadeeda UNRWA School into a military base and kidnapped at least six civilians from the area in order to use them as human shields.
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More than 100 employees of the UNRWA have already been killed.
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At the same time, the WHO Director General reported that Al-Shifa Hospital stopped its operation due to the lack of electricity and water. The official called the situation in the hospital “terrible and dangerous.”
“We contacted the Red Cross, UNRWA, and the World Health Organization to no avail. Two patients were martyred in intensive care, but not all were martyred. If the situation continues as it is, everyone in intensive care will die,” Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex reported.
Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza also reportedly closed down because of continued Israeli blockade, which has forced health centers to cease operations due to lack of fuel.
The IDF are also targeting religious sites with massive strikes. After the destruction of the Al-Salam Mosque on the night of November 12, the total number of mosques destroyed by Israeli bombing in Gaza exceeded 60.
Israeli attack on the Khaled bin al-Walid mosque in Bnei Suhila:
Al-Mustafa Mosque in Gaza Strip targeted by Israeli airstrikes:
While the humanitarian situation continues worsening, over 800 foreigners left the territory of the Gaza Strip through the Rafah checkpoint over the past day, media reported citing employees of the Egyptian border service.
