Red Cross reports ‘mass casualty influx’ at field hospital in Gaza

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The International Committee of the Red Cross’s delegation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories said today is the highest number of weapon-wounded patients received in a single incident since the establishment of the field hospital over a year ago, Al Jazeera reports.

In a post on X, it stated that 184 patients were brought to the hospital this morning, with all responsive patients stating that they had been attempting to reach an aid distribution site.

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