Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City received the bodies of 12 gunshot victims, and around 100 people with gunshot wounds were brought there for treatment, according to its director Hussam Abu Safiya.
The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll was expected to rise as wounded Palestinians also arrived at Shifa Hospital, where medical workers were “unable to deal with the volume and type of injuries” amid a lack of supplies and staff.
A doctor who went to the scene, Yehia Al Masri, said he saw dozens of people with gunshot wounds, including to the head, neck and groin, As well as sacks of flour soaked in blood. He said he also saw the bodies of people who appeared to have died in a stampede or to have been hit by aid trucks.
“The soul is exchanged for a flour sack” Dr Al Masri said, adding: “We have reached famine, and the situation is beyond description.”
(AFR Weekend. 2-3 March 2024)