“To all civilians in Gaza, I say, get out of there,” Netanyahu said in a speech late Saturday. But there is no way out for Gaza’s 2 million people.
A young man sits near the rubble of his home in the Watan Tower, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza on Sunday. GAZA CITY — Gazans passed a fearful night Saturday and awoke to more violence Sunday, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled Hamas targets and residential neighborhoods.Rimal, his relatively upscale neighborhood on Gaza’s western edge, saw a relentless barrage overnight, as Israeli forces pounded militant security compounds, he said.
COGAT — the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, the Israeli administrative body for the West Bank and Gaza — echoed Netanyahu’s warning Saturday night, telling residents of communities bordering southern Israel to evacuate, saying the zone would be an area of operation for the Israeli army.
“Hospitals are overcrowded with injured people; there is a shortage of drugs ... and a shortage of fuel for generators,” said Ayman al-Djaroucha, the deputy coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in Gaza.Darwin Diaz, the organization’s medical coordinator in Gaza, added that health workers were struggling to reach the wounded. “Ambulances can’t be used right now because they’re being hit by airstrikes,” he said.
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