Like Nothing Ever Seen Over 500 Killed

Claire Manera, emergency coordinator of medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says conditions in Gaza are “like nothing [she’s] ever seen”, with people flooding into clinics malnourished and displaced.
Israel’s nearly three-month aid blockade, which the government has said it is just starting to ease, has caused enormous harm to women and children in particular, says Manera.
“I see women and children who look like they haven’t eaten for weeks,” she told Al Jazeera from central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. “We know that they’re suffering because they can’t find a safe place to sleep at night and the hospital facilities that are open are becoming fewer and fewer because they’re being targeted.”
Manera said her team has yet to see any aid on the ground from a first batch of nine trucks cleared for entry yesterday. “And nine trucks is nothing compared to the need here,” she added. “We need access to our own aid and we need to be able to use this impartially for the population.”

Israel is continuing its military assault on the Strip despite those growing calls from its allies for an immediate ceasefire.
More than 80 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday, including in an attack on a displacement shelter in Gaza City that killed 22, including children.
According to medics in Gaza, in the past eight days, Israeli attacks have killed more than 500 people as the military campaigns intensify across the enclave.
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Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el-Balah in Central Gaza.

The flurry of international statements comes as Israel is ramping up attacks across Gaza, as a part of a major ground offensive.
More than 60 people have died across the strip since dawn on Monday.
Israel has warned residents in Khan Younis to flee to an area it bombed yesterday al-Mawasi or risk being killed.

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.