With waves of wounded flooding in, hospitals in northern Gaza are overwelmhed
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00:00More bodies and wounded people arrive at this hospital in northern Gaza.
00:04More families have lost loved ones.
00:06Hospitals are overwhelmed and there's a fear fuel will run short.
00:10The medical teams work for more than 16 hours a day
00:13to save the lives of citizens in the northern Gaza Strip.
00:17At the Elouda hospital, we're truly suffering from a shortage of medicines
00:21and medical supplies, severe shortages.
00:24Israeli bombardments have been targeting the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
00:30The Israeli military is also conducting ground operations there.
00:34They say they are targeting Hamas to prevent them from regrouping.
00:38The militant group denies that its fighters deliberately use civilian areas as bases.
00:43Israel has given orders for civilians to evacuate the area.
00:47They dropped leaflets today and we left looking for a safe place to stay,
00:51but there's no safe place.
00:52Other areas in Gaza have also been struck recently.
00:57Eight Palestinians from the same family, including children and a woman,
01:01were killed in a strike on central Gaza on Saturday.
01:05More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to local health authorities.
01:10The war has destroyed large areas of Gaza
01:13and displaced around 90% of its population of 2.3 million.