“The smell of blood in the hospital emergency room this morning was unbearable,” Karine Hast, a medical adviser to Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, said in a statement. “There were people lying on the floor and everywhere outside.”
The Israeli military said it was conducting “above and underground” military operations against Hamas militants in the eastern districts of Brighi and Deir al-Bala in central Gaza, adding that it had “eliminated” several militants.
Hamas has also reported clashes with Israeli forces in the area and said on Wednesday it had fired missiles at Israeli forces east of Breja.
“There is nowhere to escape now,” said Hani Ahmed, a teacher and father of five who lives near the center of Bregy. He said two buildings in his area were attacked.
“Khan Younis is in ruins. Rafah is under attack. The north is devastated,” Mr Ahmed said. “I’ll probably take my family on a minibus and live on the beach because I don’t have a tent. We’re scared.
As the bloodshed in Gaza continues, there is growing talk in Israel of waging a war in Lebanon against Hezbollah militants, who have been fighting Israeli forces for months, forcing more than 150,000 people on both sides of the border to People flee.
On Wednesday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a drone strike that the Israeli military said wounded at least 11 people in the northern Israeli village of Hurfeish, whose residents are mainly Druze and Arab. -Israeli minorities.
The Israeli military said it has used artillery and fighter jets to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and expressed growing frustration with Hezbollah attacks.
“We are approaching a moment when a decision will need to be made, and the IDF is ready for that decision,” Israeli military chief of staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday.
