Palestinian rescue worker Ibrahim Hamdan talks to his colleagues, as the crew endures fear and exhaustion under Israeli air strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct 12, 2023. Israel's bombardment of Gaza began on Saturday soon after the armed wing of the militant group Hamas governing the enclave smashed through barriers to send hundreds of fighters marauding through Israeli towns, killing 1,200 soldiers and civilians including children, Israel's military says.
Explosions from air strikes echo every few minutes - killing more than 1,500 people in Gaza so far including hundreds of children, local health authorities say. "I couldn't stop thinking about my own four daughters," he said, adding that all that keeps him going is the hope of finding more survivors. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman of the Gaza health ministry said 10 medical staffers had been killed so far and 14 health facilities damaged, including the lone hospital in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.Snatching little more than an hour of sleep at a time, and no more than two hours over a day and night, Hamdan and the others in his team barely have time to eat or phone their families.
In previous wars, Israel often gave a few minutes notice to residents of blocks it intended to target but Gaza residents say it has not done so this time. Late on Wednesday, medical worker Rami Ali was shown in a Palestine Red Crescent video sitting in an ambulance crying into his hand, his body heaving, after watching the bodies of children being taken from a building.
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