They are out of materials to wrap the deceased with at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in downtown Gaza.
Prayers are said, the bodies are heaped outside in a courtyard, and then grieving family members fall to the ground sobbing.
Doctors fight to treat the seriously injured and the walking wounded inside the hospital, but supplies and medicine are running low.
A BBC Arabic reporter witnessed a scene where several people were harmed and the medical staff was moving quickly to provide aid to everyone. Some of the hospital photos are too depressing to display. Sadly, even young people, including two babies, perished.
“The hospital yard is overflowing with bodies, and we’ve been here since early this morning. There are so many corpses everywhere: outside, within the building, and even in the refrigerators, which are all completely occupied, according to a staff member.
“There are so many bodies, we don’t have enough blankets for them. The bodies are breaking into bits, and because they are so severely injured, it is difficult to identify them.
“Due to the large amount of bodies, we don’t have enough shrouds for them. Everybody’s bodies are coming in fragments, detached, and in pieces. Their crushed and mutilated bodies prevent us from recognizing them.
Despite all we’ve seen before, these are scenes we’ve never seen, he said, calling the situation “unbearable.”
Hospitals all throughout the region are experiencing similar scenarios as the Israel-Gaza conflict enters its third week.
According to a statement from a doctor at the hospital supplied to the BBC, bombs targeted surrounding buildings as a team of 23 doctors and nurses treated more than 500 patients at the al-Quds hospital in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood.
The physician, who requested anonymity out of fear for his safety, claimed in a voice mail that the patients and residents taking refuge in the hospital were living in “a state of terror.”
Doctors also had to choose who to treat first in the midst of a “catastrophic” health scenario, according to the patient. The others join the line.
The surgeon revealed that many injured persons had been waiting days for surgery. The Norwegian Aid Committee’s emergency team left a doctor’s voicemail, which was forwarded by activist and doctor Mads Gilbert from Norway.
There is a shortage of hospital staff members since some of them have been injured and others are unable to reach the facility. Currently, 1,200 people who had to leave their houses and are staying there for safety must share space with the remaining staff members.
“There are 120 patients at the hospital who are hurt in various ways. Ten patients in a specialized unit require assistance breathing. Additionally, we have 400 patients who require ongoing treatment, the doctor said.
There are about 1,200 individuals staying here who had to evacuate their homes. We’ve decided not to force them leave because it would be difficult to move so many individuals.
Everyone in the northern portion of Gaza is continuously being instructed to move south of Wadi Gaza, a region that resembles a strip of wetlands. They claim that area is safer. Deir al-Balah is in the south of Wadi Gaza, and Gaza City is in the north.
Hundreds of thousands of people have actually migrated to Gaza’s southern regions. However, thousands of people in the north are still living in their homes.
An additional round of airstrikes overnight on Sunday claimed the lives of dozens of civilians, according to the Hamas-run health authority in Gaza. In the last 24 hours, the Israeli military claimed to have attacked over 320 sites, including outposts and tunnels utilized by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, one of the group’s allies.
Gaza’s hospitals are in dire need of supplies. So far, three tiny supply convoys have been able to enter Gaza. Approximately 500 relief trucks per day were coming in before the fighting, according to an ActionAid Palestine representative.
Although some food and medical supplies have reached Gaza since the crisis started, no gasoline has. For its electricity, hospitals are reliant on fuel-powered generators.
According to the Gaza health ministry administered by Hamas, dozens of Palestinians were killed in further airstrikes overnight on Sunday. The Israeli military asserted that approximately 320 structures, including outposts and tunnels used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, one of the group’s partners, were struck in the previous 24 hours.
The hospitals in Gaza are in desperate need of supplies. Three small supply convoys have so far been allowed to reach Gaza. According to a spokesman of ActionAid Palestine, before the violence, 500 assistance vehicles arrived daily.
Since the crisis began, some food and medical supplies have made it to Gaza, but no gasoline. Hospitals are dependent on fuel-powered generators to supply their electricity.
Some infants were delivered prematurely as a result of the recent fighting, according to Fikr Shalltoot, the director of the organization Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza.
“In one area of the hospital, a baby only 32 weeks old is present. After the mother was harmed in an airstrike, doctors managed to preserve the infant. The infant survived, but the mother and the rest of the family were killed, she told the BBC.
If the generators fail, she fears that the infant and other people around won’t survive. There isn’t enough fuel available right now to keep them operating.