Israeli air strikes rain down on civilians, while patients’ wounds get infected

MEE’s correspondent on the ground in west Gaza has given an update on the situation on the ground. 
Due to poor telecommunication services in Gaza, MEE received the update on Friday morning. 

Israeli air strikes have continued to target homes while people are still in them, many of the residents have not had a chance to leave. 

In the Yarmouk area, another house was bombed, and inside there were many people sheltering from bombs. Two young children were killed in the bombing along with a man. Many were wounded. 

In the al-Tufah and Darraj neighbourhoods, air strikes have not stopped since yesterday. Residents in Gaza do not know where to take wounded people anymore, any remaining hospitals can no longer cope with critical wounds due to the lack of equipment and tools. 

In south and central Gaza, Israeli forces have continued to bomb key areas including close to hospitals, putting them out of service. 

I heard from neighbours there was a medical centre near Salah al-Din Street, but it is very small and I’m not sure it can deal with people with critical wounds. The most it can do is deal with moderate or small wounds. No one can get surgery anymore due to the intensity of the situation. 

Air strikes have also continued to target the Jabalia refugee camp, an entire block of residential towers was levelled yesterday, and there are talks of dozens of people being killed. With the Indonesian Hospital now largely out of service, we don’t know what will happen with the bodies and the wounded.

Inside the hospitals still operating, open wounds are starting to be infected which is adding to the pain of patients.