GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories -- Doctors and nurses at Gaza's overwhelmed Al-Shifa hospital on Tuesday were busy treating hundreds of casualties from Israeli air raids as the Palestinian health ministry warned of a 'catastrophic situation'.
People standing on a rooftop watch as a ball of fire and smoke rises above a building in Gaza City on October 7, 2023 during an Israeli air strike that hit the Palestine Tower building.
"We have a list with many names of wounded patients waiting their turn. Some of them lost their lives due to a lack of resources." Nearby, a staff member was comforting Umm Rama al-Hassasneh, who was lying on a hospital bed next to her four children, aged three to six, all wounded in an Israeli air strike that hit their Gaza City neighbourhood of Sheikh Ridwan.
Israel was retaliating following a Hamas assault in the south of the country in which the militant group killed more than 900 Israelis and foreigners and kidnapped dozens more.The health ministry warned that a shortage of medical supplies and medications would lead to a"catastrophic situation" in the Gaza Strip.
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