Fierce fighting took place on Saturday, June 29 in the Gaza Strip, especially in the North, between the Israeli army and Hamas fighters. In this area, the living conditions of the inhabitants are ” disastrous » according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
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While Israeli troops launched a May 7 ground offensive in the city of Rafahin the South, presented by Israel as the last major bastion of the Palestinian extremist movement Hamas, Fighting has since intensified in several other regions, particularly in the north..
Since Thursday, the Israeli army has been carrying out an operation in Shujaiya, an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City, where, according to it, there are “ terrorist infrastructure “. Civil Defense reported on Friday June 28 that “ many dead ” and the escape of ” tens of thousands of civilians », after a call from the army to evacuate the neighborhood. “ In the streets, people were panicking, they were terrified (…) Everyone was leaving Shujaiya “, says Samah Hajaj, 42. We don’t know why they (Israeli soldiers, Editor’s note) entered Shujaiya, since they had already destroyed the houses there “.
On the night of Friday 28 to Saturday 29 June morning, AFP journalists heard explosions, air strikes and gunfire coming from this area. The Israeli army said it had eliminated on Friday ” a large number of terrorists and located an arms depot in a school “. Also in Gaza City, Civil Defense said four bodies and six injured people had been extricated from the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in the al-Sedra sector.
Fighting throughout Gaza
In the center of the Palestinian territory, where the army said it had eliminated ” many » fighters, residents cleared rubble in the Maghazi refugee camp after an overnight strike on a house that hit a medical center. “ The pharmacy, ophthalmology department and emergency department were completely destroyed. All that’s left is debris ” said Tarek Qandeel, director of the center.
Further south, five bodies were discovered following a bombing on tents for displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, near Rafah, according to doctors. The army is continuing operations in the latter city, which borders Egypt, saying it has eliminated ” many terrorists “.
Living conditions “ disastrous »
Witnesses reported deaths and injuries among displaced people in the Shakush camp, west of Rafah, after a new incursion by the Israeli army and gunfire. According to AFP, a source at the Nasser medical center in Khan Younis said they had received four bodies from west of Rafah.
The humanitarian and food situation has deteriorated in the north and south of the strip. Gazaas explained by the spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Louise Wateridge:
Food insecurity is increasing in all areas of Gaza. The desperation of people waiting for any food aid to arrive can be seen.
According to Louise Wateridge of UNRWA, the food situation is deteriorating every day in Gaza
UNRWA spokesperson in Gaza Louise Wateridge called Friday “a disastrous » living conditions in the Palestinian territory, where humanitarian aid arrives in dribs and drabs. Residents live in ruins of buildings or tents around a gigantic pile of waste, she told reporters in Geneva, via video link from the center of the Gaza Strip. In Khan Younès, in the South, “ There is no water, no sanitation, no food “, she added.
Residents live in ruins of buildings or tents around a gigantic pile of waste. Residents live in ruins of buildings or tents around a gigantic pile of waste. There is no water, no sanitation, no food.
UNRWA spokeswoman Louise Wateridge said the lack of fuel was preventing any aid distribution.
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