Israel bombs Gaza food distribution point, kills four children
- An Israeli drone attack on a food distribution point and a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least five people, including four children.
- At least three medics have been wounded in a drone attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town, the fifth by Israel’s military on the medical facility in recent weeks.
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More on Israeli attack that killed children in Nuseirat
The Israeli attack that killed several children and injured many others happened on a street in Nuseirat that has a community kitchen, and a lot of people were waiting for this kitchen to start delivering food.
The population of Gaza completely relies on food distribution and community kitchens that provide hot meals.
Israeli forces are intensifying attacks in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, where one Palestinian was injured in the Maghazi area. He was later pronounced dead. This is because of a lack of treatment due to the shortage of medical supplies.
Over the past 14 months, health services have been collapsing across Gaza.
Doctors are telling us that the Kamal Adwan Hospital [in the northern town of Beit Lahiya] has been under Israeli attack every day. If it’s not quadcopters firing live ammunition, it’s sound bombs, tear gas canisters or grenades.
Palestinian rescuers tell international peers about ‘repeated Israeli assaults’
Representatives of the Palestinian Red Cresent Society (PRCS) have met with the head of the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) to discuss how Israeli attacks have hindered rescue operations since the start of the war on Gaza.
Palestinian first responders offered a view of the current state of the organisation’s humanitarian operations and also briefed the visiting delegation to Nablus in the occupied West Bank about challenges, “including repeated assaults and restrictions by Israeli forces, obstructing access to the wounded and patients”.
The Israeli military has systematically attacked the health system in Gaza since the start of the war and killed record numbers of paramedics and humanitarian workers.
Families continue to face ‘dire’ conditions in Gaza: UN
Families in the repeatedly bombed central parts of the Gaza Strip and other parts continue to face “dire conditions” on a daily basis, according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
The organisation said an immediate ceasefire and “unhindered access to humanitarian aid” are urgently needed as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to get basic necessities for survival.
Israel extends closure of Al Jazeera office in occupied West Bank
The Israeli court has approved the government’s decision to extend the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah for 60 more days.
On September 22, Israeli forces stormed the office and banned Al Jazeera for 45 days under a military order.
They then confiscated all equipment and documents in the office, prevented employees from using their cars and stopped the channel’s broadcast.
The ban has been extended several times since then.
