The war in Gaza has never seemed so intense since the first clashes in early October, according to witnesses.
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The UN says “dismayed” by the new evacuation orders in Gaza. It estimates that around 100,000 Palestinians would be affected out of an estimated population in the north of the enclave of 200,000 to 300,000 people.
Now in its 10th month, the war is showing no sign of abating as new negotiations are expected in Qatar to try to move towards a ceasefire associated with the release of hostages held in Gaza. On Monday, July 8, the Israeli army operated in Gaza City and asked residents who remained near the fighting to seek refuge in the west and then the south. According to several reports, the war has never been as intense since the first clashes in early October.
He calls himself Hassan. And until Monday night, he lived in the center of Gaza City, not far from the now-ruined Al-Shifa hospital. “The Israeli Navy is firing, drones and military aircraft are firing, he describes. Almost all neighborhoods are surrounded by Israeli tanks.”
On Monday evening, he left his shelter for the sixth time since the start of the war and took refuge in the west of the city, in the only place that the Israeli army has promised to spare.
“The problem is that during our trip, there are bodies, dead people on the ground, that the rescuers cannot come and get or collect.”
The nearest hospital is now in Jabaliya, 15 kilometers to the north, but there are no more ambulances to collect bodies and any wounded in the middle of the battlefield. Nebal Farsakh, spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent. “We no longer have access to new places in Gaza City. For example, the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood. We have received many calls from people trapped and injured, and our teams can no longer rescue them. Anyone who tries to enter is targeted.”she describes.
Faced with the danger, the Red Crescent decided Tuesday to close its shelters and clinics throughout Gaza City. Twenty-nine Palestinians were killed Tuesday in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza, Hamas said, blaming Israel. The Israeli army said it targeted near the school “a terrorist from the armed wing of Hamas“having notably taken part in the attack of October 7 and”verify reports that civilians were affected“Before this strike, three schools sheltering displaced people had been hit since Saturday by Israeli strikes which had left at least 20 dead.