44 Killed in Israeli Shelling on Khan Younis – Palestinian Media
(AWP) - Palestine TV reported on Monday that the death toll from an Israeli bombing raid on eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip had risen to 44, in addition to 90 wounded, while Palestinians confirmed the continuation of air and artillery shelling in those areas.
Earlier, the Health Ministry announced in an official tally that 37 were killed and more than 120 were injured, some of them critically, as a result of the sustained attack on eastern Khan Younis.
Speaking from the Nasser Medical Complex to the Arab World Press (AWP), Marwan al-Hams, the Director of Field Hospitals in the Gaza Strip, said, “We have received dozens of martyrs and wounded people. The Nasser Medical Complex is packed with wounded people.”
He stated, “We cannot deal with these injuries easily because the numbers are huge. In the reception area, we are dealing with cases on the ground. There is no room in the internal wards to accommodate people. The intensive care unit is full of critical injuries. We call for an end to this war.”
Hams indicated, “The situation is very serious – there’s an enormous number of injuries. The Israeli occupation does not differentiate between civilians and others. It is bombing everyone. A very serious case is being handled right now inside a rikshaw. This is what the Israeli occupation is doing. These are the injuries… a small child. These are the targets of the Israeli occupation – women and children. Most of the martyrs are women and children who were inside their homes.”
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli army demanded that the residents of the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis evacuate immediately to the humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi, warning that remaining in the area had become dangerous.
The Palestinian Civil Defense reported that there over 400,000 people in the eastern areas of Khan Younis that the Israeli army demanded be evacuated, according to the Shehab news agency.