CAIRO – Heavy fighting raged in the Gaza Strip on March 24, as truce talks lumbered on in Qatar, amid what the head of the United Nations described as “horror and starvation”.
Israeli forces besieged two more hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Red Crescent said one of its employees was killed when Israeli tanks suddenly pushed back into areas around Al-Amal and Nasser hospitals amid heavy bombardment and gunfire.
It said Israeli armoured forces sealed off Al-Amal Hospital and carried out extensive bulldozing operations in its vicinity.
“All of our teams are in extreme danger at the moment and are completely immobilised,” the Red Crescent said.
It added that Israeli forces were now demanding the complete evacuation of staff, patients and those seeking refuge from Al-Amal’s premises and firing smoke bombs to force them out.
The Israeli military insisted that its forces were hitting “infrastructure” in Khan Younis used as gathering points for many militants.
Hamas denies using hospitals for military ends and accuses Israel of war crimes against civilian targets. Israeli officials said some 480 militants were captured in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al-Shifa Hospital.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, on the other hand, said dozens of patients and medical staff were detained by Israeli troops at Al-Shifa.
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