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'Sending a distress call': Beit Lahia declared disaster area

The Beit Lahia municipality in the northern of the Gaza Strip has declared the town a "disaster area" due to the ongoing Israeli offensive. 

In a statement on Wednesday municipality said the town is now without food, water, hospitals doctors, services or telecommunications.

"We are sending a distress call to save what remains of the town being subjected to genocide," the statement said.