Civil defense in Gaza faces enormous difficulties in reaching sites of ongoing Israeli bombing

Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal announced that several areas in the Gaza Strip were subjected to a series of attacks by Israeli occupation forces in less than 24 hours, resulting in the death and injury of a number of civilians. Civil Defense teams are facing significant difficulties reaching the bombing sites due to a lack of equipment and the absence of safe routes.

In a press statement on Wednesday, Bassal explained that field teams documented several violations, including the death of a photojournalist from the Wadi family in central Khan Younis, killed by a missile fired from a drone while he was on assignment. Three civilians, including a child, were also killed in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City when an artillery shell targeted their home.

Additionally, a child from the Shuhayber family and a man from the Ubaid family were killed by Israeli fire east of the Zeitoun neighborhood. Additionally, a man from the Amarin family was killed near the Kuwaiti roundabout on Salah al-Din Street while collecting firewood with his children.

The spokesperson indicated that further injuries resulted from the bombing of the upper floors of the Al-Daraj School near the Jabalia bus station in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, and that a quadcopter dropped a bomb on a shelter inside the Salah al-Din School in the same area.

The Civil Defense confirmed that reaching bombing sites has become an extremely dangerous daily challenge due to the direct targeting of civilians and the inability to provide immediate medical assistance, in addition to receiving repeated pleas for help from citizens trapped inside the bombed areas. Basal also stressed that the severe shortage of fuel and equipment further complicates their humanitarian work.

The spokesperson concluded by affirming that Civil Defense teams continue their work under extremely dangerous conditions to save lives, recover victims, and provide assistance to citizens without interruption.