Dogs are gnawing on the bodies of the martyrs in the streets of Gaza, and the occupation prevents ambulances from retrieving them

The civil defense teams are no longer able to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs scattered in several areas of Gaza due to the refusal of the occupation forces to approach these places, according to two officials from civil defense and ambulance services.

The director of ambulance and emergency services in Gaza City and northern Gaza, Fares Afana, confirmed in an interview the inability of civil defense teams to retrieve dozens of bodies from the streets due to the refusal of the occupation forces to coordinate with them.

There are also dozens trapped under the rubble of houses in several areas where the occupation refuses to allow rescue teams to enter, which has led to a large number of injured people dying in their places, according to Afana.

Stray dogs have begun to gnaw on these bodies scattered in the streets, especially in the areas of Sabra, Tal al-Hawa, the beach, and Sheikh Radwan, where Afana says the occupation forces stationed there fire bullets and artillery shells at anyone who approaches.

The civil defense teams have become able to move in a very limited number of streets due to the Israeli military presence, while the rubble of the residential towers that were bombed has closed many of the roads leading to the areas where Afana confirmed there are trapped individuals, in addition to dozens of bodies scattered in the streets for days.

The occupation rejected 26 coordination requests out of 27 submitted during the past 22 days, according to Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for civil defense in the sector.

The occupation also rejected more than 70 urgent intervention requests in some areas during the past hours, while ambulance teams are trying to reach the locations of the trapped individuals without prior coordination.

By rejecting coordination operations, the occupation army is violating international law and the Geneva Conventions, which obligate parties not to obstruct ambulance teams or target them during military operations, according to Basal.

During the past week, the ambulance service in Gaza received 320 distress calls from trapped individuals and injured people in the neighborhoods of Sabra and Tal al-Hawa, but it was unable to reach any of them due to the occupation firing at its teams, as confirmed by the spokesperson.

In one of these appeals, a person urged the ambulance teams to hurry to retrieve the bodies of his children lying in the street, as he was unable to approach them.

Currently, the areas of Sabra and Tal al-Hawa are experiencing the same scenes that the northern Gaza region witnessed during the implementation of the occupation army's generals' plan six months ago, according to Basal.

Basal stated that these teams are performing purely humanitarian work, and the law grants them the right to move and retrieve the injured, the trapped, and the bodies without permission from anyone, which Israel refuses to comply with.

Tens of thousands of civilians have lost their lives due to the occupation forces preventing rescue teams from reaching them, and there are thousands more facing the same fate now.