Tag: Gaza

There are planned demonstrations in Israel after the deaths of people in Gaza

The Israeli military on Sunday recovered the bodies of six people, including a 23-year-old US citizen, held by Hamas since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip. In August, the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages in southern Gaza. Israel has said it believed 108 hostages were still held in Gaza and about one-third of them were dead.

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Is Israel relenting because of the challenge from medical groups?

A Palestinian doctor in Gaza Strip has said that Israel’s restrictions on volunteer medical missions since its offensive have severely limited the number of medical expertise going into the Strip. Dr Ali al-Masri, who has treated over 100 patients in Gaza, said that most hospitals have been destroyed or heavily damaged and local medical personnel have been killed or repeatedly displaced.

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Experts say there is a high risk of famine in Gaza

A report by 35 UN agencies and aid groups has said that nearly all of Gaza is struggling with food shortages, amid a conflict between Israel and Hamas. It added that around five lakh people are facing food shortages and nearly all of Gaza is facing food shortages. However, it said the “available evidence does not indicate that famine is currently occurring”.

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Where aid can enter Gaza, we know about it

The Israeli military on Friday announced it has transferred more than 52,000 gallons of fuel to international organisations in Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing. International aid and medical workers who were either in Rafah or who had recently left said the damage to Gaza infrastructure, lack of clean water, ongoing attacks and increasing starvation had brought humanitarian operations to the brink of collapse.

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The upcoming months in Gaza are projected to becess deaths

Israel has carried out its first airstrikes in Gaza since the beginning of the conflict between the militant group Hamas and the country’s military. The strikes, which have killed at least 11 people, targeted a maternity hospital in the city of Rafah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Over 38,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

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Two hospitals in Southern Gaza are not functioning

Israel has reduced one of Gaza’s biggest hospitals to a shelter for terrified patients and medical staff, the WHO said on Monday. The hospital had been under siege for nearly a month. The WHO added that 14 patients were evacuated from the hospital on Sunday, adding that there are more than 150 patients that need to be evacuated by the Israeli military.

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Dozens of people have been killed in southern Gaza

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had encircled Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a significant step in its effort to defeat Hamas. Israel began its war against Hamas on July 8. Over the course of a single day, Israel airstrikes killed 190 people and wounded340 others in the Gaza enclave, said the health ministry.

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There was no end to the war in Gaza

The death toll in Gaza from over three months of conflict between Israel and the territory’s Hamas rulers has reached over 25,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, at least 178 people were brought to Gaza’s hospitals in a single day. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israeli forces in southern Gaza were acting with great precision.

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A joint United Nations humanitarian assessment team has gained the first outside access to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. The team, led by WHO, is working to safely evacuate the remaining patients at the hospital, as the Israeli military has told Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate further south along a so-called safety corridor.

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Is Israel’s military strategy to eliminate Hamas working?

The UN has said that it has received the first outside access to Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa Hospital, which was recently seized by Israel. A UN humanitarian assessment team visited the hospital on Saturday and saw first hand the dire circumstances of the facility, the groups said. Israel had ordered 2,500 people to leave the hospital grounds by the time the team arrived.

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