Why was gaza strip bombed

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Bulgarians vote in elections for third time this year. Additional MSF teams bringing much-needed medical supplies, such as blood bags for hospitals, were finally able to enter the Gaza Strip on 24 May. Nevertheless, getting medical teams and supplies into Gaza remains a challenge, where shortages of basic items, certain medications and services such as electricity and fuel were commonplace, even before the recent offensive.

Throughout the offensive, our teams in Gaza worked in very dangerous conditions and at times were unable to run some regular services. One MSF clinic in Gaza city was damaged by airstrikes and put out of service for a few days, but outpatient consultations at the clinic resumed on 20 May. Since the bombing stopped, we have scaled up all of our regular activities.

We also donated medical supplies to the Ministry of Health to support other health facilities treating the injured. To help prevent the spread of the virus, MSF has distributed face masks and hand sanitisers to people displaced by the bombing who are sheltering in schools.

Trauma continues long after the bombing stops in Gaza, Palestine. Attacks on medical care Trauma continues long after the bombing stops in Gaza.

Video The impact of 11 days of intense bombings in Gaza. This recent violence has created a huge cohort of new patients who will be facing disability and multiple rounds of surgery over the coming months and even years. Palestinians deprived of medical care During the offensive, many people in Gaza were unable to access medical care as stocks of medications and medical supplies ran low.

Child injured by Israeli police in Jerusalem. Palestine, May I want to think about a bright future, but all I can think about is war. Mohammed, MSF patient. Photo Story. Project Update 16 Aug Israel fought a punishing day conflict with Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terror groups, in the Gaza Strip in May, after Hamas fired six rockets toward Jerusalem in response to clashes that took place in the city at the time.

Thirteen people were killed in Israel during the fighting — 12 civilians and one soldier — and some Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip, roughly half of them terrorist operatives.

On May 15, the IDF destroyed the al-Jalaa tower, giving the occupants of the building one hour to evacuate before the airstrike. No one was injured, but the high-rise was flattened into a pile of rubble. Only later did Israel expand further and say that the equipment was meant to interfere with the Iron Dome. Military Intelligence officials also said the seriousness of the electronic warfare issue justified the attack on the building, as well as the decision to bring down the entire structure, rather than just a surgical strike on the floors where Hamas was operating, as that might not have destroyed all of the capabilities in the tower.