with the fiercest strikes the small enclave has seen, residents are becoming more desperate by the hour as water runs out, garbage piles up, air strikes flatten homes and
Schools and hospitals have turned into refuges for the displaced, and some small apartments now house 50-60 people as residents take in new arrivals, according to"I have covered four wars here in Gaza, my home. Never before have I seen it like this. For however bad the previous wars were, I had never seen people starve or die of thirst in this place. This is now a real possibility", Mr Abu Alouf said.
Israeli air strikes on residential buildings have killed dozens of Palestinians in southern Gaza over the past few days, including people moving southward in compliance with the Israeli military order to evacuate, OCHA reported.US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah crossing to allow about 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
It had also said Israeli strikes on the Gazan side had rendered the crossing inoperable and accused Israel of delaying aid deliveries and the evacuation of foreign passport holders through it. Hamas urged people to ignore the evacuation order. The Israeli military on Sunday released photos it said showed a Hamas roadblock preventing traffic from moving south.