Initial injuries arrived at the hospital, and a civilian vehicle arrived with two children in bad condition; we could see them soaked in blood and dust, and really terrible scenes to look at here at the hospital, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza.

Within a span of a few minutes, the ambulance came back with more seriously injured individuals from the bombed house that were already covered in dust and blood, and one of them was in really bad shape.

We believe that one child is in the operating theatre right now as we were told by one of the doctors that there is a high possibility that they’ll lose one of their limbs as bones were shredded completely by the explosions.

Just to remind you, the kind of bombs used by the Israeli military in these attacks are quite lethal. They’re packed with nails, with shrapnel, with little pieces of metal that, when they explode, fly at high speed and cut through the flesh. They cause severe bleeding.

So far, five children have arrived at the hospital.