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19 injured Palestinians moved from north to Gaza City

November 10, 2024 at 5:40 pm

Palestine Red Crescent Society teams evacuate 21 patients from Al-Awda and Indonesia Hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli attacks, escalating Gaza’s humanitarian crisis in Gaza City, Gaza on November 01, 2024. [Palestine Red Crescent Society – Anadolu Agency]

The Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza Strip on Sunday said 19 injured Palestinians were transferred to hospitals in Gaza City, Anadolu Agency reports.

The wounded were moved in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the hospital administration said in a statement.

The Israeli army has continued its siege of in northern Gaza since Oct. 5 to “prevent Hamas from regrouping.”

Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

Since then, no humanitarian aid, including food, medicine, and fuel, was allowed by the Israeli army into the area, leaving most of the population there on the verge of imminent starvation.

There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of northern Gaza, according the independent Famine Review Committee.

Israel has continued its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. The onslaught has killed more than 43,600 victims and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable.

It faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.

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