10 ambulances transport patients, injured people from Khan Younis to Gaza city

By Mohammad Majid

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Ambulances from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society moved from Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip to Gaza city on Friday to transfer patients and injured people as a humanitarian pause began earlier this morning.

The ambulances were escorted by UN teams who coordinated the process with relevant authorities.

"Ten ambulances of the Red Crescent moved this morning, in coordination and escort by the UN, from Khan Younis to Gaza to vacate injured people and patients from the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital," the Red Crescent said in a statement posted on social media platform X.

During Israel's onslaught on Gaza, which began on October 7, most hospitals and health centers in the enclave were targeted, forcing many to close or operate only partially due to a lack of electricity and medical supplies.

Qatar announced earlier on Thursday that a humanitarian pause agreement between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will begin at 7 a.m. local time (0500GMT) on Friday.

Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.

The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has soared to 14,854, the government media office in the blockaded enclave said on Thursday.

The victims include 6,150 children and over 4,000 women, while more than 36,000 people have been injured, it said.

Around 7,000 people remain unaccounted for, including more than 4,700 children, it added.

The official Israeli death toll stands at 1,200.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar