As a days-long, intense Israeli bombing campaign continues in Khan Younis, the UN reports that almost 90,000 residents and 425,000 displaced people have been ordered by the Israeli military to leave certain residential areas in the city in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military has killed three Palestinian civilians in strikes on the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the organisation says.
“Three displaced people were martyred and two others were injured as a result of the occupation’s targeting in front of the northern gate of the association’s headquarters in Khan Yunis,” the medical charity wrote on X.
Red Crescent official Nebal Farsakh warned yesterday that there has been a “systematic targeting of PRCS premises” by Israeli forces. Eight PRCS members have been killed in Gaza since October 7.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it’s “deeply concerned for the safety of the people” trapped inside Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.
“They must all be protected and allowed to leave if they wish,” the medical group wrote on X.
MSF earlier reported several streets in Khan Younis city, including where Nasser Hospital is located, received orders to evacuate from the Israeli army.
The group warned it’s impossible to evacuate the “thousands of people” inside the facility as nearby roads are “inaccessible or too dangerous” because of battles between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters.
Speaking at the UNSC meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Espen Barth Eide reiterated Norway’s call for a “sustained and enduring humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza.
Regarding humanitarian efforts, the Norwegian foreign minister said, “We cannot only count trucks.”
“We call for a radical step-up of humanitarian efforts, not only volumes,” he said. “We also must look at the content, the efficiency, the access [of humanitarian aid] throughout the whole territory of Gaza. And we must improve coordination.”
Eide also called for a “political track” towards Palestinian statehood.
“Norway recognises the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to have their own state. Not only in theory, but also in practice,” he said.
