Gaza suffering exacerbated: 263,000 under threat of displacement

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
11 Oct 2023 08:57

2.3 million people in Gaza are at risk of a complete blackout, according to the Governmental Media office in Gaza.

Palestinians walk through the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 (AP)

The Government Media Office in Gaza warned that 2.3 million people face the imminent threat of a complete electricity blackout due to fuel depletion.

Additionally, UNOCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) reported that 263,934 individuals in Gaza have been forced to evacuate their homes since the onset of the Israeli aggression against the region.

The office anticipates an increase in the number of displaced individuals in the days to come as the crisis in the region continues to unfold.

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The severe fuel shortage threatens to exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following the brutal Israeli aggression against civilians and civilian infrastructure.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression against Gaza for the fifth day in a row, confirming it launched more than 200 raids on the al-Furqan neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation aircraft launched a series of attacks north and west of Gaza City, adding that heavy bombardment targeted the vicinity of the Port of Gaza.

Our correspondent also reported that two citizens were killed and paramedics were injured after the Israeli occupation targeted an ambulance that was evacuating wounded people near al-Karamah Towers.

Israeli war machines continue to deliberately target #Palestinian civilians by bombing residential neighborhoods. Since Saturday, the Israeli occupation has brutally murdered no less than 260 Palestinian children and the number is expected to rise.#Palestine #GazaUnderAttack… pic.twitter.com/Z4rVLMeSXM
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He pointed out that this is not the first time that the occupation has targeted ambulances, as it had previously bombed a car parked outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip.

He added that tonight, the Israeli occupation committed a large number of massacres in the Gaza Strip, specifically in the al-Karamah area.

Our correspondent indicated that Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and targeted the vicinity of the Red Crescent headquarters and al-Sikka Street in the same town.

According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, overnight Israeli raids destroyed al-Rimal and several other neighborhoods in Gaza, erasing its features, adding that the occupation aircraft bombed the Beit Hanoun police station in the northern Gaza Strip.

The separation fence area east of the Gaza Strip also witnessed continuous Israeli artillery shelling, while occupation warplanes bombed the post office building in the center of Rafah.

Our correspondent noted that members of many families remained stuck in the basements of buildings destroyed by the occupation raids and ambulance teams could not rescue them.

He explained that ambulance teams do not have complete freedom of movement in the Gaza Strip as their members are constantly at risk of being targeted by Israeli occupation air raids. Elsewhere, our correspondent said that occupation warplanes bombed a residential building in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The number of Palestinian martyrs rose to 922, including at least 260 children and 230 women. Some 4,650 others were injured, as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.