On Wednesday, the director of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, Mohamed Abu Salamiya, said that the Israeli army was still occupying several hospital buildings, and shooting at anyone who moved. He called for the urgent delivery of fuel to all hospitals, and coordination for the safe evacuation of children and patients from Al-Shifa Hospital. He said that the Israeli army did not allow children to be brought to nurseries and that children and kidney patients at Al-Shifa Hospital were in grave danger. Moreover, The United Nations said that the quantities of fuel that entered the Gaza Strip were insufficient at all. Griffiths explained that UNRWA needs to make room to prepare shelters in the southern Gaza Strip, adding, “We urge that the displaced residents of northern Gaza be allowed to return to their homes.”
