Palestine Red Crescent Society: Response Report From Saturday, 07/10/2023, 6:00 AM Until Wednesday, November 8th 2023, 24:00 AM
Situation Report
Source: Palestine Red Crescent
Posted 10 Nov 2023
Originally published 8 Nov 2023
Latest Updates:
Gaza Strip:
• Al-Quds hospital administration decided to reduce the majority of services provided in the hospital in order to rationalize fuel consumption and continue providing medical services for a few days.
• The outage continues for the second day in a row with the emergency operations room after the interruption of communication and internet services in Gaza city, and the interference with VHF waves, which hiders the work of the teams and increases the extent of the challenges they face.
• The Israeli occupation tanks and vehicles have penetrated into several districts in Gaza governorate and Northern Gaza governorates, which separated the southern part of the Strip from the north, which increases the challenges faced by the teams working in the field by prohibiting the ambulance’s from reaching to Al-Rasheed St which is the only coastal road and targets who and/ or whichever reaches the area, additionally, citizens are also prohibited from moving across the governorates, though the occupation forces are bombarding their residential buildings randomly.
• The Israeli occupation forces continue to target all sources of life in the strip, including targeting alternative energy networks and all bakeries that have already stopped as a result of the interruption of food supplies and the lack of electricity or fuel needed to operate them, as severe warnings are coming out concerning the depletion of food supplies and water in Gaza city and the northern Gaza, which exposes hundreds of thousands of citizens to extreme danger.
• The intensified Israeli bombardments across the entire strip is ongoing, targeting residential towers, buildings, mosques, churches, main roads, infrastructure and hospitals are being targeted by these bombardments. As a result, many civilians have lost their lives including women, children and elderlies.
• Israeli aircrafts intensified the bombardments nearby PRCS’s HQ and Al-Quds hospital in Tel Al-Hawa west of Gaza is maximizing the damages caused, and the challenges to the health sector teams and IDPs in the premises.
• The Ministry of Health confirms that the occupation forces deliberately targeted (120) healthcare facilities, which led to (67) facilities sustaining severe damage, the loss of (193) medical personal lives, (18) from the rescue team members and the wreckage of (31) ambulances that are now un-operable. A total of (10,569) lives were lost and )26475) were injuries.
• The ministry of health confirmed (172) injured and companion were able to cross Rafah border to receive the required medical attention abroad, while tens of critically and severely injured persons lives are being lost as due to the scarcity of medical capabilities and equipment that are crucial in terms of providing the required medical attention and treatment.
• The Ministry of Health confirms that (18) hospitals and (40) health centers are out of service as a result of Israeli targeting and the depletion of fuel and medical resources.
• Official authorities have received approximately (3000) reports of missing persons in the rubble including well over (1350) children.
• The Israeli occupation targeting has reached the schools, where (238) schools were damaged to varying degrees, while (60) schools are out of service as a result of being deliberately targeted, which exacerbated the suffering of the displaced and overcrowding in shelter centers.
West Bank:
A large Israeli occupation force stormed the city of Bethlehem from various axis, and besieged a house in the city center. Asthey also prevented citizens from moving, while confrontations broke out between citizens and the occupation forces in the city, amidst live and rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas. As PRCS’s teams were responding in the field.
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