Hospitals and shelters have been forced to shut down in an area that has not received humanitarian aid in over a week.

After ordering most of northern Gaza to evacuate, Israeli forces fired on Palestinians desperately trying to flee

In a joint statement on Wednesday, a coalition of 18 aid groups warned that the ongoing Israeli assault “will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the north” and has already “prevented international and national humanitarian organizations from carrying out already very limited lifesaving aid operations.”