The Israeli army is sowing the seeds of destruction in the Gaza Strip through intense strikes and a siege that deprives the population of everything, to the point that hospitals there will soon no longer be able to treat the wounded.
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“It was like the end of the world or an earthquake. […] they [les Israéliens] He came to destroy, as if these people did not deserve to live. A resident of the Karama neighborhood in Gaza, who preferred to remain anonymous, told AFP amid the rubble: “It is as if they are not human.”
The enclave, where more than 2.6 million Palestinians live, is being bombed by the Israeli army in response to unprecedented Hamas attacks on Saturday.
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“We will crush them”
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, bombings in Gaza left at least 30 people dead, and affected dozens of buildings, factories, mosques and stores, according to Hamas.
Women, with their children in their arms, were fleeing through the rubble of buildings, through destroyed streets, while images of the streets, with buildings in ruins and smoke billowing into the air, allow us to take in the full measure of the chaos prevailing in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that “any member of Hamas is a dead man,” declaring on Wednesday that his country had “turned to attack.” […] We will crush them and destroy them just as the world destroyed ISIS [l’État islamique] “, he added.
While Israel cut off water, electricity and food supplies there, the only power station in the Gaza Strip stopped working on Wednesday due to a fuel shortage.
More than 338,000 people have been displaced due to the war so far, according to the United Nations.
In Israel, the death toll from Hamas attacks rose to 1,200 on Wednesday, according to the army. the The New York Times More than 1,100 people have been reported killed in the Gaza Strip, including 326 children, since the escalation with Israel, which began on October 7.
On Wednesday morning, the wounded were streaming into Gaza’s Shifa Hospital after the overnight airstrike.
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The health situation is “catastrophic.”
Hospitals, lacking equipment, are overwhelmed by the influx of wounded, a situation that Sarah Chatto, head of MSF’s Palestine programme, described as “catastrophic”.
The organization called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor. M stressedI fort.
Justin Dalby, a doctor working for Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, told the BBC that many hospitals in Gaza running on generators were “a few days ahead” with their current fuel reserve.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres added his voice on Wednesday to also demand “quick and unimpeded humanitarian access now.”
He added: “Vital supplies, including fuel, food and water, must be allowed into Gaza.”
– With Agence France-Presse
