Gaza: The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 44 members of the same family, the Shehab family, have been killed in an Israeli bombing.
The family included 16 children, with the eldest being 14-years-old and the youngest being two years-old.
Palestine’s Ministry of Health says that 14 medical facilities have been destroyed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza since Saturday.
The Beit Hanoun Hospital has stopped operating comptley, following ongoing airstrikes on the besieged enclave, which has targeted civilian infrastructure.
Many ambulances have also been targeted in the attacks, making it difficult for medical personnel to reach victims.
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Doctors Without Borders: ‘Collective punishment of Palestine must stop’
Humanitarian organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, have demanded the establishment of safe spaces and safe passages for people to reach them as a matter of urgency.
Highlighting Israel’s siege on Gaza, they said “people must be afforded safe access to essential supplies like food and water and health facilities,” as people in Gaza go six days with no access to basic essentials.
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“Some 2.2 million people are currently trapped in the strip, where indiscriminate bombing has turned a chronic humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe. More than 300 MSF staff are in Gaza, some of whom have lost homes or family members; it has been near-impossible for them to move,” they added.
MSF have called the cutting of food, water and electricity in Gaza “unconscionable,” calling it a form of “collective punishment.”
