Ten Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and others injured in a violent Israeli shelling of Al-Nakhil Street in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.

Three Palestinians were also killed in an artillery attack on the Abu al-Ajeen area of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, while an airstrike on the Abu Issa family home near Jaffa Hospital killed five others, including children and women, and wounded several others, according to Palestinian sources.

In this context, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warned that the health and humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a catastrophic level, with 59% of essential medicines and 37% of medical supplies running out, while the closure of the crossings exacerbates the crisis for patients requiring treatment outside the Strip.

The ministry recorded 52 child deaths due to malnutrition during the war, warning that the numbers are likely to increase given the ongoing blockade and the denial of food supplies.

The ministry noted that hospitals are facing severe shortages of oxygen and fuel needed to operate generators, threatening to disrupt medical services.

It pointed out that direct targeting of ambulance crews disrupts the evacuation of injured people, while disruption of water networks leads to the spread of skin and gastrointestinal diseases.

The ministry confirmed that 16 of the 52 health centers are completely out of service, amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.