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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel bombs Gaza as hospitals run out
of fuel</h1>
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<span class="field field-author"><a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/people/maureen-clare-murphy">Maureen
Clare Murphy</a></span> <span class="field field-blog">- </span>
<span class="field field-publication-date"><span
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content="2018-08-08T23:16:00+00:00">8 August 2018</span></span>
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<p>Israel pummeled the occupied Gaza Strip in more than
a dozen strikes Wednesday night amid warnings from a
United Nations official that hospitals in Gaza were
about to run out of emergency fuel.</p>
<p>Gaza’s health ministry <a
href="https://twitter.com/press221/status/1027334359395774464">stated</a>
that Inas Muhammad Khamash, a pregnant 23-year-old,
was killed by bombing in central Gaza along with her
daughter Bayan, one and a half years old. The woman’s
husband, Muhammad Khamash, was moderately injured.</p>
<p>Gaza’s health ministry also <a
href="https://twitter.com/press221/status/1027302900987584525">announced</a>
the death of Ali al-Ghandour, 30, in northern Gaza.
The circumstances of his death were not immediately
clear.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ali Ghandour , 30 years old
- killed with Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip.
Airstrikes continue on the coastal enclave. <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a>
<a href="https://t.co/VNsq2L5RCP">pic.twitter.com/VNsq2L5RCP</a></p>
— Hind Khoudary (@Hind_Gaza) <a
href="https://twitter.com/Hind_Gaza/status/1027308367285501954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>The assault followed a series of escalations
beginning with the <a
href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=780629">killing
of two Gaza fighters</a> Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>The Ma’an News Agency named the two men as Ahmad
Murjan and Abd al-Hafiz al-Silawi, members of the
Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.</p>
<p>In that incident, Israel <a
href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/two-hamas-members-killed-in-gaza-by-israeli-fire-palestinians-say-1.6359273">claimed</a>
that it hit a Hamas facility in response to fire from
Gaza.</p>
<p>Hamas denied Israel’s claims and it later transpired
that soldiers mistook gunfire during an exercise at a
Hamas naval commando base for a sniper attack.</p>
<p>“Israeli troops mistakenly thought the gunfire was
aimed at them and responded with tank fire,” the
Israeli daily <em>Haaretz</em> <a
href="https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-deadly-israel-gaza-border-exchange-dampens-chances-of-long-term-truce-1.6360358">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The shooting took place <a
href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-strikes-hamas-target-after-gaza-gunmen-damage-vehicle-1.6361801">two
kilometers away</a> from where the soldiers, part of
an engineering corps, were operating.</p>
<p>Palestinian groups fired dozens of rockets towards
Israel – four of them hitting the southern Israeli
town of Sderot – earlier in the evening on Wednesday
after Israel attacked a “Hamas target” in northern
Gaza.</p>
<p>That was reportedly in response to gunfire hitting a
civilian vehicle involved in the construction of a
barrier along the eastern perimeter of the territory,
as is said to be shown in these photos:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">جيش الاحتلال يؤكد استهداف
مُعدة تابعة لوحدة الهندسية قرب قطاع غزة بإطلاق
نار فلسطيني <a href="https://t.co/HzWC4ICUwh">pic.twitter.com/HzWC4ICUwh</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1027215033758085121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>Nine Israelis were injured as a result of rocket fire
on Wednesday, according to <em>Haaretz</em>. Gaza’s
health ministry <a
href="https://twitter.com/press221/status/1027300639704080394">reported</a>
six injuries requiring hospitalization.</p>
<p>Photos and videos uploaded to social media show
Israeli strikes in densely populated areas in Gaza:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">طيران الاحتلال الحربي
يستهدف عدداً من المواقع في قطاع <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#غزة</a>
قبل قليل. <a href="https://t.co/tCK5qwfkF3">pic.twitter.com/tCK5qwfkF3</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1027272938054144000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">لحظة استهداف احد المواقع في
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#غزة</a>
<a href="https://t.co/CxKjCcfutH">pic.twitter.com/CxKjCcfutH</a></p>
— Anas Omar (@AnasAbuDayyah1) <a
href="https://twitter.com/AnasAbuDayyah1/status/1027276078115684352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>This video is said to show an airstrike west of
Jabaliya in northern Gaza where civilians had gathered
on the beach to enjoy the summer evening:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar"><a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#شاهد</a>
لحظة قصف طائرات الاحتلال منطقة غرب جباليا شمال
قطاع غزة خلال تواجد عدد كبير من المصطافين على
شاطئ البحر <a href="https://t.co/kmg2Mw9xwU">pic.twitter.com/kmg2Mw9xwU</a></p>
— وكالة شهاب (@ShehabAgency) <a
href="https://twitter.com/ShehabAgency/status/1027267718918168576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>The Israeli military published a video of what it
claimed to be a strike on a “vehicle used by a Gaza
rocket launching squad”:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A short while ago, IDF
aircraft fired towards a vehicle used by a Gazan
rocket launching squad to launch a rocket at
Israeli territory <a
href="https://t.co/E7mLpaNB0d">pic.twitter.com/E7mLpaNB0d</a></p>
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) <a
href="https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/1027305282257543177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>Media from Israel show damaged cars and injured
persons:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">إصابة مستوطنين اثنين وأضرار
في المباني والمركبات بمستوطنة "سديروت" عقب
استهدافها بصواريخ المقاومة قبل قليل. <a
href="https://t.co/WuGMmkP6dT">pic.twitter.com/WuGMmkP6dT</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1027248767123312641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">إصابة مستوطن في "سديروت"
بجروح جراء سقوط صاروخ على منزل قبل قليل. <a
href="https://t.co/O3I4NMPw6y">pic.twitter.com/O3I4NMPw6y</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1027238842762514435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">إصابات وأضرار في المستوطنات
ومواقع الاحتلال حول غزة جراء استهدافها بالصواريخ
من قبل المقاومة. <a
href="https://t.co/G7j8fNhhhS">pic.twitter.com/G7j8fNhhhS</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) <a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1027282637000531970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>Another video shows families running for cover at a
park as a rocket from Gaza is intercepted:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="iw">עוד סרטון שישנה את כל מה
שחשבתם עד היום על הודעה כגון: "8 טילים נורו לעבר
שדרות 2 מהם יורטו". <a
href="https://t.co/svxL1Jser8">pic.twitter.com/svxL1Jser8</a></p>
— המצליף (@ShaiCohen13) <a
href="https://twitter.com/ShaiCohen13/status/1027251511523516416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>The escalation comes as Hamas and Israel were
reportedly nearing a deal following weeks of indirect
talks mediated by the United Nations and Egypt.</p>
<p>The <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/gaza-man-killed-israel-hamas-reportedly-near-deal">multistage
deal</a> would reportedly see the easing of Israel’s
blockade and the implementation of internationally
funded humanitarian projects after the declaration of
an immediate ceasefire, including the halting of
incendiary kites and balloons sent from Gaza.</p>
<p>Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Middle East peace envoy,
decried the escalation late Wednesday, stating that
“Our collective efforts have prevented the situation
from exploding until now.”</p>
<p>He warned that if not “contained immediately, the
situation can rapidly deteriorate with devastating
consequences for all people.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">UN Envoy <a
href="https://twitter.com/nmladenov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nmladenov</a>
deeply alarmed by escalation of violence btw <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a>
& <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a>.
"Our collective efforts ve prevented the
situation from exploding until now. If current
escalation isn't contained immediately,
situation can rapidly deteriorate with
devastating consequences 4 all" <a
href="https://t.co/nzfQ7DjixG">pic.twitter.com/nzfQ7DjixG</a></p>
— UNSCO (@UNSCO_MEPP) <a
href="https://twitter.com/UNSCO_MEPP/status/1027309083752361984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>Gaza’s health ministry warned earlier on Wednesday
that its fuel reserves would soon run out and <a
href="https://twitter.com/press221/status/1027221336689713152">called
on</a> “all concerned parties to act soon to avoid
disaster.”</p>
<p>UN humanitarian coordinator Jamie McGoldrick <a
href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/entry-emergency-fuel-urgently-needed-avoid-closure-hospitals-and-overflow-sewage-gaza">demanded</a>
that Israel immediately allow the entry of emergency
fuel into Gaza.</p>
<p>“The well-being of two million people, half of whom
are children, is at stake,” McGoldrick stated. “It is
unacceptable that Palestinians in Gaza are repeatedly
deprived of the most basic elements of a dignified
life.”</p>
<p>Emergency fuel is needed urgently to prevent the
closure of Gaza’s hospitals and the overflow of sewage
into the streets of one of the most densely populated
areas in the world.</p>
<p>“Hospitals and other critical health services are
reducing operations, with five hospitals facing
possible closure in the coming three days, if
emergency fuel is not allowed in,” McGoldrick’s office
stated.</p>
<p>Two thousand patients relying on electrical devices
in Gaza’s hospitals are at highest risk.</p>
<p>Funding for emergency fuel for all critical
facilities is due to run out in around a week,
according to the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs.</p>
<p>OCHA added that “$4.5 million [is] required to ensure
that a minimum level of essential services can
continue to run through the end of the year.”</p>
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