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Whoever is injured, just lies there on the ground and whoever is killed can't be transported, except by mule-drawn cart,
When we need to sleep, we go here in the rubble, the sand, the broken glass. There is no place at the school shelters,
We are going to engage with the government of Israel in the days ahead about how they plan to implement it,
This is why the municipality in Beit Lahiya has declared that the northern part of the strip is a disaster area, which means there’s nothing to sustain life there,
reported Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud from Deir el-Balah in Gaza We declare that the city is a disaster area due to the Israeli war of extermination and siege, and it has no food, water, hospitals, doctors, services, or communications,
the Beit Lahiya municipality said in a statement It’s horrific, incident after incident being meted out to a population which is on its knees,
We are deeply concerned by the loss of civilian life in this incident. This was a horrifying incident with a horrifying result,
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, pointing to "reports of two dozen children killed" in the bombing that destroyed the five-story block in Beit Lahia We are a year into the government of Israel's military campaign in Gaza and Israel has decimated Hamas's military capabilities, it has decimated Hamas leadership, it has through its military action ensured that Hamas does not have the ability to repeat the attacks of October 7,
We have reached out to the government of Israel to ask what happened here,
They certainly have a legal obligation to allow humanitarian assistance in and not to erect roadblocks to humanitarian assistance to people in Gaza."
Asked about a bid by Norway for the International Court of Justice to clarify Israel's aid obligations, Miller said of Israel This horrific strike is yet another in a deadly series of recent mass casualty incidents, alongside a massive displacement campaign, in the north of Gaza that raises serious concerns about violations of international humanitarian law,
Tor Wennesland said in a statement It is imperative for Israel to allow emergency rescue services access to such sites in North Gaza. In some cases, rescue workers themselves have been attacked while trying to reach the injured,
The Kamal Adwan Hospital and the entire vicinity is a war zone. The hospital is left with no resources; no medical supplies; no medical staff. This is because many of our specialised doctors and surgeons have been detained,
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya said Both my sons with their entire families were killed. My unmarried daughter was also killed,
As you can see, there are martyrs all over the place,
he said, pointing to two dead bodies under the rubble Preventing UNRWA from carrying out its vital tasks is a manifestation of Israel's systematic campaign to deny the much-needed humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people,
There is no alternative to UNRWA,
he said in a statement issued on Monday night National legislation cannot alter those obligations,
Guterres said in his statement What’s happening in Beit Lahia is happening in many other places in northern Gaza,
said Michael Milshtein, a former Israeli military intelligence officer This would create a vacuum. It would also feed more instability in the West Bank and Gaza,
