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The Israeli occupation forces continue to bomb many areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting hospitals in particular, and committed 13 massacres that claimed the lives of 112 martyrs and 148 wounded within 24 hours.

The Palestinian Red Crescent announced the death of 3 people and the injury of others after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on its headquarters in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that Israeli bombing and shooting around its Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis continues.

The association reported that the lives of kidney patients at Al Amal Hospital were now in danger, due to the inability to transfer them to other hospitals due to the continued siege.

The association's statement also indicated that the hospital's oxygen supply is about to run out again.

The Red Crescent said that its crews were unable to transfer the injured to Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, due to the continuing shooting.

Al Jazeera's correspondent pointed out that the occupation forces continue to besiege hospitals, especially Al Amal Hospital and Nasser Hospital, and their drones deliberately target any object moving in these areas.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the occupation forces bombed the central medicine warehouse of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, noting that the bombing left martyrs and wounded.

The reporter added that an Israeli air strike destroyed a house east of Khan Yunis, in addition to violent and continuous artillery shelling of the western areas of Gaza City.

Earlier, the bodies of 15 martyrs arrived at Nasser Complex and Al Amal Hospital after Israeli bombing of areas in Khan Yunis.

The reporter said that the occupation forces left behind massive destruction in Khan Yunis camp after they withdrew from it. Citizens also recovered the bodies of many martyrs killed by the occupation forces during their storming of the camp in recent days.

Massacres and a new toll of martyrs

For its part, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation forces committed 13 massacres, killing 112 martyrs and 148 injured within 24 hours.

The Ministry revealed that the number of martyrs of the Israeli aggression had risen to 27,131, while the number of wounded since the start of the war had reached 66,287.

Meanwhile, Rick Pepperkorn, representative of the World Health Organization in its office in the West Bank and Gaza, said that nearly 100,000 people were killed or injured as a result of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, noting that this percentage is very high for a place with a population of slightly more than two million.

Peppercorn pointed out that the people of the Gaza Strip are suffering from catastrophic conditions and are trying to find a safe place and some food and drink, in addition to the spread of diseases resulting from poor nutrition, hygiene and other natural factors.

The spokesman stressed that Israeli military operations have exacerbated the working conditions of hospitals and that there are great difficulties in reaching the northern Gaza Strip.

Last resort

In a related development, the occupation forces bombed the outskirts of Rafah, the last refuge in the southern end of the Gaza Strip, on Friday.

The displaced people, who gathered in numbers reaching hundreds of thousands in front of the border fence with Egypt, said that they fear a new attack while they have no place left to flee to.

As the only part of Gaza with limited food and medical aid flowing across the border, Rafah and neighboring parts of Khan Yunis have become an area filled with makeshift tents.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said late yesterday, Thursday, that the forces will now shift to Rafah, which - along with Deir Al-Balah - is among the last remaining areas that have not been stormed in an ongoing attack for about 4 months.

Children without family

On the other hand, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that its estimates indicate that 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are living without their families or have been separated from their families. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called for the children of Gaza not to be abandoned, saying that their situation is getting darker day after day.

Jonathan Krekes, the organization's communications director in the occupied Palestinian territories, explained that more than a million Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip need mental health support because they suffer from high levels of constant anxiety and loss of appetite. They cannot sleep and feel panicked whenever they hear the sound of an explosion.

The organization official added, "We estimate that almost all children in Gaza today need mental health support."

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies