RAMALLAH: At least four Palestinian civilians were killed and many others wounded this evening after being shot with live ammunition by Israeli occupation forces at the coastal Al-Rashid Street, located southwest of Gaza City, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondent reported that several of the fatalities and wounded were transported to Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City. However, some of the injured individuals remain stranded on the roads due to the inability of ambulance vehicles to reach them, as Israeli occupation forces continue to open fire on anyone moving in the area.
The victims were among a large number of displaced civilians using the coastal road to escape the Israeli war of starvation in the northern regions of Gaza. They were heading towards the central and southern regions of the enclave when they were targeted by Israeli gunfire.
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian civilian was killed and others injured when Israeli forces targeted a group of civilians on Al-Madakha Street east of
Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, six children were wounded as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting a house in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes further conducted a series of airstrikes in several areas of northern Gaza. Meantime, Israeli occupation forces blew up residential homes in the Dahra area in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Also in Khan Yunis, medical sources said Israeli occupation forces have withdrawn from the Nasser Medical Complex, but that they continue to impose a siege on the facility, severely restricting movement to and from the complex. The sources reported that the complex has run of drinking water, personal hygiene facilities, food, electricity, and essential medical supplies.
According to the sources, medical staff and patients at the complex are facing dire conditions with no access to water for drinking or personal hygiene, in addition to a lack of food, electricity, and essential medical supplies, including oxygen.
In the meantime, t
he medical teams inside the complex have managed to bury 13 patients who had died due to the run-out of oxygen at the facility. The entire facility is flooded with sewage, and repairs to water tanks and the sewage system are being hindered by the Israeli occupation forces, according to the sources.
Simultaneously, Israeli forces are still besieging the Al-Amal Hospital in the city. The lives of both medical staff and patients are at risk due to the lack of water, food, oxygen, and medical treatment.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA