The heavy use of powerful bombs in crowded neighborhoods has led to a high number of civilian casualties. With no safe places to shelter, many people are trapped as attacks continue. On Tuesday morning, Rafah was under fire from three sides, with Israeli naval vessels and tanks attacking the city. The Israeli army has also ordered evacuations from areas near Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun after shelling them with artillery and tank fire.

Satellite images show a growing Israeli military presence around Rafah, with tanks and armored vehicles preparing for a possible ground invasion. The situation has sparked international concern, with humanitarian groups warning of a worsening crisis. Calls for a ceasefire continue, but Israel remains focused on its military objectives, leaving the future of Gaza uncertain.

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Israeli forces claim that Hamas used Al-Shifa as a command center, but no concrete evidence has been provided to support this assertion. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza are facing dire conditions as Israel’s total blockade enters its 12th day. No food, fuel, medicine, or humanitarian aid has been allowed into the enclave since the breakdown of the ceasefire, with Qatar now mediating talks in an attempt to restore it.

On the ground, the scenes at Al-Shifa are heart-wrenching. The hospital’s parking lot, once filled with cars, has turned into a burial site due to the intensity of the bombings. Families, unsure where their loved ones were laid to rest, are searching the site, hoping for closure. “I just want to find my son,” said one grieving mother. “He was taken to this hospital, and then we lost everything. I don’t even know where to look.”

The destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital also led to the deaths of many medical personnel. Survivors recall how a lack of oxygen and medical supplies resulted in the deaths of critically injured patients.

With the humanitarian crisis worsening, the tragedy at Al-Shifa is a grim reminder of the ongoing suffering in Gaza. Families continue to dig through the ruins, seeking closure while struggling to survive under siege.

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Nur Shams is located just outside the northern coastal city of Tulkarem, which has been subjected to increasingly violent Israeli raids in recent years, particularly in the Tulkarem refugee camp.

Israel’s quick, deliberate destruction of the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps has uprooted thousands of inhabitants and upended countless lives in days.

Hamdan Fahmawi’s shop was damaged and vandalised in the raids – the third time in a year.

On February 26, the 46-year-old, who had left the area, made the risky decision to return with his 17-year-old son and some staff to inspect his shop in Nur Shams and retrieve some cash and important paperwork.

“Israeli soldiers eventually told us to get out [of the shop and leave the camp], so we did. One of them raised his gun at us and we felt we were in danger, but thankfully nobody got hurt,” said Fahmawi.

On Thursday, the Geneva-based Independent International Commission of Inquiry said in a new report that Israel “intentionally attacked and destroyed” Gaza’s main fertility centre while simultaneously blocking medicine for pregnancies, deliveries and neonatal care from entering the enclave.

In its report, the commission found that Israeli authorities “have destroyed … the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare”, it said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the UN investigation for “false accusations, including absurd claims”.