In Gaza City and Jabalia refugee camp, cut off from the rest of the Gaza Strip and encircled by Israeli troops after three weeks of blockade and bombardment, residents are struggling through a siege within a siege.
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fadi Whadi/File photoPeople using seawater to bathe and clean
Israel ordered all civilians to leave the northern half of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip last month, saying in messages dropped by helicopter that any who stayed might be mistaken for Hamas militants. Footage obtained by Reuters showed the aftermath of a strike on Friday at Beit Lahiya near Gaza City, with bloodied, dust-covered people including a toddler leaving an ambulance and medics examining the injured lying moaning on a hospital floor.Israel cut off fuel supply to Gaza along with electricity immediately after the Oct. 7 attack and Gaza health authorities have said most medical services may shut down. Israel says Hamas has taken fuel from hospitals.
In southern parts of the enclave the lack of clean water means many people have started using seawater to bathe and clean, while full hospitals and the fuel shortages mean doctors are struggling to help the sick and wounded. Israel says it has turned water supplies back on in southern Gaza after initially cutting them off. However, residents say there is still almost no water and without electricity people cannot pump it from ground reserves or up into houses.
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