Wounded left for dead in Jabalia camp as Israel army advances
Israel troops have advanced on Jabalia refugee camp, leaving many trapped in the line of fire with some fleeing with nothing more than the clothes on their backs, according to AFP via Arab News on 10th October.
“The bombardment has not stopped. Every minute there are shells, rockets and fire on the buildings and everything that moves,” Areej Nasr, 35, told AFP after fleeing from Jabalia camp to Gaza City.
She said those wounded in strikes have just been left where they fell as the fighting is too intense.
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“No ambulance has arrived, and no one is assisting the wounded. There are dozens lying on the ground,” Nasr said.
Gaza’s civil defense agency say they can’t reach the wounded and dead in Jabalia – the latter estimated to be as much as 140 – saying access is too complicated and dangerous at the moment.
The Israeli army, which said it had surrounded Jabalia over the weekend, issued new evacuation orders two days earlier on October 8th, telling residents to leave the camp and the entire Jabalia neighborhood around it.
Claims made by the Israeli army are hard to substantiate given many analysts are now saying the Hamas is reorganizing itself and is far from defeated.
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The Israeli army on October 10th it had “eliminated” more than 50 Palestinian combatants, “including those who fired anti-tank missiles toward the troops,” and “located large quantities of weapons, including AK-47, an RPG, and ammunition.” They also admitted to losing three reservist soldiers.
Louise Wateridge, spokeswoman for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, said that “people have nowhere left to go, and the humanitarian space in Gaza continues shrinking.”
She said that between October 8 and 10, “118 attacks have impacted the area, in contrast to a total of 140 incidents recorded there in the entire month of September.”
AFP