The Gaza Government Media Office says an “Israeli massacre” in the Nuseirat refugee camp has killed 210 Palestinians and injured more than 400.
Gaza's Health Ministry said “a large number” of dead and wounded were arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on Saturday, most 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 means at their disposal,” he said, adding that he lacks medicine and food and that his main generator has stopped working. due to lack of fuel.
A Health Ministry spokesperson earlier said there were still “many” bodies and injuries on the streets.
Communications were affected amid the intense bombardment, but reporting from inside the “overwhelmed” hospital via phone call, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said the situation is tense, with terrified people on the street not knowing who to turn to. go.
“There are explosions every minute. Ambulances are taking the injured to the hospital where we are trapped. It's chaos inside the hospital. There are children among the injured,” he stated.
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor with Doctors Without Borders (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 in the operation.
