Civil defence reports dozens of rescue missions across Gaza

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Crews working with Gaza’s civil defence have responded to 33 missions in the last 24 hours, including ambulance transfers, rescues and the recovery of people killed in Israeli attacks, according to Al Jazeera.

In the north, three patients were taken to the Sheikh Radwan health centre, while two people were killed and four were wounded near Halimah al-Saadiyah School in Jabalia, the rescue service said on Telegram.

In Gaza City, the civil defence agency reported that one person was killed in a strike on al-Basatin Street. Five people were evacuated and two were wounded after the bombing of a home in the Sabra neighbourhood.

In central Gaza, crews extinguished a fire in a tent near al-Sawarah School in Nuseirat. One person was killed and four were wounded in a strike on a home near the al-Sawarah cemetery, and three patients were transferred to al-Aqsa and al-Awda hospitals.

In Khan Younis, two patients were transferred to the American and Jordanian field hospitals, while one person was injured in a strike near al-Shafi’i Mosque.

In Rafah, one person injured by gunfire was taken to the Red Cross Field Hospital, another killed was transferred to Nasser Hospital, and one wounded was taken to the British field hospital. Four additional patients were transported to the Red Cross and Kuwaiti field hospitals.

People attempt to rescue Palestinian woman Saja Hamad as she lies trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 20, 2025. — Reuters
People attempt to rescue Palestinian woman Saja Hamad as she lies trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 20, 2025. — Reuters

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