News Center- Israel has carried out attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023. At least 26,900 Palestinians have been killed and 66,000 injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “In the past 24 hours, 150 Palestinians were killed and 313 injured by the Israeli army, the statement said.

 Hospitals run out of food

The Gaza Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals have run out of food as the Israeli siege of the Khan Younis medical centers continues. The injured people and patients are waiting to die due to the exhaustion of medical supplies and food in both hospitals, the ministry said.

 Israeli troops storm al-Amal Hospital

Al-Amal and Nasser Hospitals have been under siege by Israeli tanks in Khan Younis for 10 days. The injured, patients and displaced people have taken shelter in these hospitals. Israeli troops stormed al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis and demanded doctors and displaced Palestinians evacuate, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said. “The hospital received seven martyrs, including a PRCS employee, and attended to nine injuries.”

UNRWA: Access to clean water is a matter of life and death

“Access to clean water is a matter of life and death,” The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Wednesday in a statement on X. “In Gaza, every day is a struggle to find bread and water. Every day is a struggle to survive. Without safe water, many more people will die from deprivation and disease.”

 ‘For every 2,000 people there is one shower unit, and 500 people for every toilet’

In an interview with The Guardian, Tamara Alrifai, the head of communications for UNRWA, said, “Our latest figures show that for every 2,000 people there is one shower unit, and 500 people for every toilet.” Constant crowding, including thousands sharing a few showers and toilets, has aggravated outbreaks of skin diseases including scabies and lice, worsened by people being unable to shower.

‘The situation is utterly desperate’

“There have now been at least 270 attacks impacting UNRWA facilities sheltering displaced families, killing 372 people. Because there is nowhere else to go, people continue to shelter in these same UN facilities, even after attacks. The situation is utterly desperate,” UNRWA said on X.

Hostage release deal

On Wednesday, Mossad chief David Barnea presented the war cabinet with a nine-point outline of the potential hostage release deal that could see the release of all 136 hostages still held in Gaza in several stages, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

According to Channel 12, the first stage of the deal is about the release of 35 hostages in exchange for a 35-day truce, one day of truce per hostage and the first stage of the truce is about the release of women, sick, injured, and elderly hostages.