The Gaza government’s media office says an “Israeli massacre” in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed 210 Palestinians and injured more than 400.
Gaza’s health ministry said Saturday that a “large number” of the killed and injured were arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital, the majority of them children and women.
“Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground and medical teams are trying to save them with the basic medical capabilities they have,” he said, adding that he lacked medicine and food and his main generator was not working. no longer worked. due to a lack of fuel.
A Health Ministry spokesperson said earlier that there were still “many” bodies and injured people on the streets.
Communications have been affected by the intense shelling, but from inside the “overwhelmed” hospital via a phone call, Tel Aviv Tribune’s Hind Khoudary said the situation is tense, with terrified people on the street not knowing who to turn to.
“There are explosions every minute. Ambulances transfer the injured to the hospital where we are stuck. It’s chaos inside the hospital. There are children among the injured,” she said.
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), described Al-Aqsa Hospital as a “complete bloodbath,” adding that it looked “like a slaughterhouse.”
The devastating attacks took place as Israeli forces carried out a rescue operation in Nuseirat to free four Israeli captives. At least one Israeli captive was killed during the operation.
