the head of the who has called the health care situation in gaza, catastrophic what are your colleagues now seeing on the ground there? that is not an understatement, from what my colleagues are describing this is a full frontal military attack on an entire population, who has nowhere to go, nowhere to escape and part of this has been a systematic destruction of the healthcare, so it direct bombing destruction of the healthcare, so direct bombing of healthcare facilities, bombing of ambulances including very clearly marked vehicles, doctors without borders vehicles and the siege style warfare in which there is a denial of the most basic items necessary to do medical care but also the most basic items necessary for survival, food, water, the medical supplies and so on. really, the systematic nature and the brutal nature of the way hostilities are being conducted represent egregious violations of international humanitarian law that very likely amount to war crimes. i m sure
in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. don t cry , he told theirson, mohammed. they are in heaven. gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by israel s offensive. thousands of children are among the palestinian dead. theirfamilies say there is only one way to make a difference. everyone is only talking aboutaid , said ibrahim. we don t care about aid, we want them to stop the bloodshed. the americans say israel is killing too many innocent people, but they still blocked the un s latest attempt to vote in a ceasefire. the war has increased the tension in hebron, a city on the west bank holy to jews and muslims that has been a flashpoint for decades. most palestinians can no longer access property, live or work in part of the city centre. that s because jewish settlers live here, behind the s
of the territory on saturday night. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. meanwhile, israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my sons, he says. this footage from the israeli army shows