According to the Anadolu news agency, Israeli drone strikes damaged the generators and fuel tanks of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, leaving it without electricity at the moment.
The situation at the hospital is “dire,” according to Marwan al-Hams, head of field hospitals in Gaza’s Health Ministry, who told Anadolu that medical staff communication has been cut off.
“Losing loved ones every day”: Gazans search for survivors among the rubble
An AFP photographer observed locals sifting through the rubble for survivors and others looking for items they might rescue after an Israeli strike on the Abu Samra family’s home in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, killing at least 13.
Bodies wrapped in blankets were spread out on the sandy ground in a nearby compound. According to the Israeli military, it targeted a fighter for Islamic Jihad who was active in Deir el-Balah.
In order to enable Gazans to “live a decent life, instead of this miserable life,” he prayed to God that a truce would be struck soon.
Separately, Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the civil defense service, reported that eight people, including four children, were killed in an attack on a school building in Gaza City. At the wrecked school building, AFP photos saw twisted iron beams and concrete slabs scattered among bloody areas.