TENTS ABLAZE
One of Israel’s overnight strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting tents ablaze, medics said.
Later on Sunday, Gaza’s health ministry said the Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest partially functioning medical facilities in northern Gaza, had ceased work because of Israeli fire.
Israel’s military said its troops were targeting “terrorist infrastructure sites” in northern Gaza, including in the area adjacent to the Indonesian hospital.
Hamas neither confirmed nor denied reports on Sunday in Arab and Israeli media that its leader, Mohammed Sinwar, was killed in last week’s airstrikes on a tunnel below another hospital further south in Gaza.
Gaza’s healthcare system is barely operational, and the blockade on aid has compounded its difficulties. Israel blames Hamas for stealing aid, which Hamas denies.
“Hospitals are overwhelmed with a growing number of casualties, many are children,” said Al-Deqran, the health ministry spokesperson.
The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 75 per cent of its ambulances could not run because of fuel shortages. It warned that within 72 hours, all vehicles may stop.
