The spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, confirmed today, Sunday, that "the Israeli occupation, around the clock, has not stopped bombing inhabited citizens' homes, especially in the northern areas of the Strip."

He added, "The bombing caused the destruction of a large number of buildings and infrastructure, and service providers were not spared from this bombing."

"Israeli artillery and drones pose a major threat to citizens, creating a state of constant fear and panic," Basal said.

He added: "All the appeals we made to international organizations and humanitarian institutions were of no use in changing the reality," noting that the civil defense system in the northern Gaza Strip had stopped working and was not allowed to intervene in rescue operations.

Basal stressed that the occupation prevented the entry of civil defense vehicles and equipment for more than 400 days, which shows "the occupation's intention to keep civil defense in a state of paralysis and inability to respond to events," stressing the necessity of providing "humanitarian services to our people in light of the war on the Strip" and for civil defense crews to continue performing their work without any obstacles.

"We have more than 100,000 people in northern Gaza who lack food, water and medicine, and we are unable to provide them with any assistance," Basal continued. He concluded by appealing to "the free people of the world to pressure the international community to enable service providers to perform their humanitarian duty in accordance with humanitarian laws."