Israeli forces intensified attacks across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 91 people and forcing three major hospitals to close.
Israeli occupation forces launched widespread attacks on displaced Palestinians across Gaza on Saturday, leaving dozens dead in what medical staff described as new massacres. At the same time, three of the few hospitals still operating in the Strip were forced out of service.
Hospital sources reported that 91 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, including 45 in Gaza City and six starving civilians who were shot while attempting to obtain food. The raids concentrated on neighborhoods in Gaza City and camps in the central and southern Strip, targeting both civilians on the move and those sheltering in homes.
Heavy bombardment continues in Gaza City, alongside incursions by Israeli troops under “Operation Gideon 2,” which seeks to seize control of the city.
In central Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighborhood, an airstrike killed eight people, among them four children. Earlier, an Israeli drone strike hit the Saraya area, injuring several. In the west of the city, five displaced persons traveling by animal-drawn cart were killed in an air raid.
On Rashid Coastal Street—advertised by the Israeli army as a “safe route” south—Israeli aircraft struck fleeing civilians, killing one person and wounding others. Two more Palestinians were killed when an apartment in the Al-Rimal neighborhood was hit, while additional strikes targeted the port area.
Over 50 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes across Gaza since Dawn
In the Shati refugee camp, nine members of one family were killed in a new round of bombardment that destroyed several homes. The Tel al-Hawa and Al-Sabra neighborhoods in the south of the city were also hit, killing one and injuring two more, while the Tuffah neighborhood witnessed a massacre that left 11 dead, including children. Another civilian was killed in nearby Shuja’iyya.
Attacks extended to the central Gaza Strip, where 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in the Nuseirat refugee camp. A dawn strike there had already killed nine. In Deir al-Balah, another raid left one dead and several injured. In the south, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis confirmed that six people, including two women, were killed when Israeli drones struck the Mawasi area, which is overcrowded with displaced families.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israel’s aggression since October 7, 2023, has killed 65,926 Palestinians and injured 167,783.
Hospitals Shut Down
The Ministry of Health announced that three hospitals in Gaza City—Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital, the Eye Hospital, and Hamad Hospital for Prosthetic Limbs Rehabilitation—are now out of service. Staff and patients remain trapped inside Al-Quds Hospital in Tel al-Hawa.
The ministry warned of a comprehensive humanitarian and health catastrophe as the number of wounded rises while medical services collapse. The World Health Organization confirmed that four hospitals in northern Gaza and other areas of the Strip have closed since September 1.
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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesman Khalil Al-Daqran said most hospitals in Gaza City and the northern Strip have been rendered inoperable. He added that the few facilities still running cannot cope with the daily influx of wounded.
The health ministry further reported that Gaza hospitals face a complete depletion of blood supplies, with zero stock of blood bags, transfusion kits, and essential testing equipment. Approximately 16,000 blood units are needed each month—350 daily—to meet urgent needs, but 65% of lab testing materials and 53% of consumables have already run out.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that most health facilities in the Strip have shut down, leaving hundreds of thousands without access to medical care.
(PC, AJA)
