MEDICAL FACILITIES CLOSED
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres said late on Friday it had been forced to suspend its medical activities in Gaza City because its clinics were encircled by Israeli forces.
The group said the move was the “last thing” it wanted, saying that vulnerable people such as infants in neonatal care and people with life-threatening illnesses are unable to move and are in grave danger.
Four health facilities in Gaza City have shut down so far this month, according to the World Health Organization, and the UN says some malnutrition centres have also closed.
Israel began its assault on Gaza nearly two years ago after an attack led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, with 251 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
Since then, Israeli forces have killed more than 65,000 Palestinians in the enclave, according to Gaza’s health authorities, displaced the entire population, and crippled the territory’s health system.
A global hunger monitor says famine has taken hold in parts of Gaza, while multiple rights experts say Israel’s conduct in the war amounts to genocide.
Israel strongly denies this, saying the war is in self-defence.
