At least 47 Palestinians, including 8 minors, were killed in attacks on Monday Khan Yunisnear the “humanitarian zone” of Mawasi in Loopwhose eastern part Israel ordered an evacuation hours before to begin a military operation in response to the “infiltration” of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
In addition to the corpses, the Nasser Hospitalthe main one that partially operates in the area of Khan Yunishas received about 120 wounded, some seriously injured, reported the Ministry of Health of Loopcontrolled by Hamas.
A Palestinian man carries the body of a child killed by Israeli shelling in front of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following strikes east of the city in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
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“The very violent bombings continue, and dozens of families are still trying to flee the east of Khan Yunis under the bombs“, witnesses in the area told EFE.
The Gaza Civil Defense reported that the evacuation order for the eastern part of the “humanitarian zone” of Mawasiadjacent to Khan Yunisaffects about 400,000 people.
“The occupation ‘Israeli‘ deliberately rotates the displacement of the population of the Gaza Strip to increase their suffering. The areas to which the evacuees are ordered to go are not safe”denounced the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The humanitarian organization said it had treated dozens of dead and injured by Israeli attacks in the eastern part of Khan Yunisbut denounced that the forces do not allow their ambulances to enter the affected areas.
The Ministry of Health also made a call to donate blood.urgently“For the wounded who arrive at the Nasser Hospital “given the serious and significant shortage of blood units, which represents a serious threat to the lives of patients in the face of massacres by the occupying forces against innocent people and civilians.”
The Israeli army ordered a few hours earlier the evacuation of the eastern part of the “humanitarian zone” of Mawasi and neighborhoods to the east of Khan Yunisand ordered them to move to the western flank of Mawasion the Mediterranean coast, where more than a million people live in overcrowded conditions without basic services or sanitation.
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“The adjustment is being carried out in accordance with accurate intelligence information indicating that Hamas has incorporated terrorist infrastructure into the area defined as a Humanitarian Area,” The Army claimed that from that area they have launched rockets into Israeli territory.
The Army says it has notified the evacuation Gazans through SMS messages, phone calls and broadcasts in Arabic media with the aim of “mitigate harm to the civilian population and keep civilians away from combat zones.”
However, Israeli attacks on civilian and humanitarian areas have already been recorded in the past, with Rafah or the displaced persons camps in the centre of the Stripe.
On July 13, Israel directly attacked the humanitarian zone of Mawasi with the aim of killing Mohamed Deifcommander in chief of the Al Qassam Brigadesarmed wing of HamasHis death has not been confirmed, but 90 Gazans and others were killed in the attack. 300 were injured; In addition to his “right hand” Rafaa Salamehcommander of the brigade of Khan Yunis of Hamas.
On the other hand, the new evacuation order further restricts the already scarce land of the Mawasi Humanitarian Zonewhere 1.4 million displaced people are crowded together, most of them from Rafaha city bordering Egypt which had been considered “safe“until the Army incursion in early May.
