Relief workers warned the health care system in Gaza is crumbling under an Israeli blockade.
Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes, which were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Karama area, in northern Gaza, on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al Kaila on Thursday called for urgent international help to field hospitals in Gaza.
Palestinian officials in Gaza had said two days earlier that the crossing had been closed due to Israeli airstrikes.
“They (Hamas) will regret this moment – Gaza will never return to what it was,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said earlier.
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