Over 100 dead Palestinians brought to Al-Aqsa hospital in 48 hours, amid fierce Israeli bombardment

Doctors Without Borders has reported an influx of wounded Palestinians since the breakdown of a fragile truce in Gaza last week.

“Since the fragile truce in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, collapsed on 1 December, aerial and ground attacks by Israeli forces have resulted in hundreds of people killed and injured,” Doctors Without Borders, which supports two hospitals in the Gaza Strip, said on Monday. 

Israel has stepped up its bombardment on Gaza City in the centre of the Strip and Khan Younis in the south, resulting in a rising number of civilian casualties.

In the last 48 hours, Doctors Without Borders says over 100 dead Palestinians and over 400 injured have arrived at Al Aqsa hospital in central Gaza alone. 

“We hear bombing around us, day and night,” Katrien Claeys, an official with the group in central Gaza said.

“We see patients with signs of infection and necrotic tissue, as they have not received a change of wound dressing in days and sometimes weeks,” she added.

Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, where Israel has turned for the next stage of its offensive, has been overrun with injured Palestinians.

“The hospital has been receiving multiple severely injured patients nearly every hour,” Chris Hook, a Doctors Without Borders coordinator in Khan Younis said.

“With the situation as it is in the hospital – there is no available space anymore – it really is a terrible situation. Everyone is genuinely worried about what will come next,” he added.