'Supplies exhausted, doctors exhausted': In Gaza, catastrophe looms large

After seven days of relentless Israeli bombardment, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is rapidly deteriorating.

Hospitals in the northern part of the besieged enclave have received evacuation orders ahead of a looming ground offensive, while medical facilities throughout the densely populated territory are overwhelmed by wounded patients and sheltering residents.

As Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza in retaliation to an unprecedented attack by Hamas last week inside Israel, bodies are piling up and people are afraid to bury the dead. The situation is so bad that ice-cream trucks are now being used to store bodies as hospital morgues are full due to the rising death toll - more than 2,200 people as of Saturday, according to health officials.

Residents are struggling to communicate with each other and the outside world. But some have sent Al Jazeera audio messages to make sure their voices are still heard.

Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Nasser Hospital in Gaza.