Military operations in Gaza City have intensified, creating catastrophic humanitarian consequences. Eighty-six percent of Gaza is under evacuation orders or in militarized zones, leaving the remaining areas severely overcrowded and largely uninhabitable. Civilians in those areas have almost no access to food, water, or medical care. Medical facilities in the south are overwhelmed and cannot absorb additional casualties. MSF staff have been forced to flee repeatedly, with some displaced more than eleven times. A sustained ceasefire is called for to save civilian lives and to allow the entry of much-needed humanitarian aid. Personal accounts describe destroyed homes and repeated displacements.
The intensification of Israeli military operations in Gaza City will have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. With 86% of Gaza already under evacuation orders or in militarized zones, the remaining areas are severely overcrowded and uninhabitable, with almost no access to food, water, or medical care. The capacity of medical facilities in the south is overwhelmed. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff have been forced to flee repeatedly, some more than 11 times since the start of this war.
Two weeks ago, when the situation near my home in the Saftawi neighborhood seemed calmer, we decided to return home. The building had fresh damage to it, but I felt joy again simply being inside my house, the house that is part of my soul, the place I love so much. My home represented a 13-year journey of struggle and perseverance. Until August 19. I was walking home from work when I saw people running, women screaming and crying.
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