Tag: Gaza
Netanyahu won’t say who the new government is for Gaza
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country wants to do three things in Gaza: destroy Hamas, free the hostages it’s holding and give Gaza a different future. Israel is responding to an attack by Hamas on October 7 which killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials. Israeli troops this week took over a major hospital centre in northern Gaza.
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Gaza’s largest hospital digs a mass grave
Gaza City’s largest hospital has said that it has buried “more than 100 people in a mass grave” amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. It added that bodies decompose in its courtyard and infants are dying because their incubators have no power. A statement by Gaza’s Ministry of Health said more than 12,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict.
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The effort to evacuate young cancer patients from Gaza was desperate
Gaza’s largest hospital has reported that it has buried more than 100 people in a mass grave, as it says bodies decompose in its courtyard and babies are dying because their incubators have no power. The conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital and other medical facilities in Gaza are worsening to new unimaginable levels, health officials and humanitarian groups on the ground said.
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The health care is ‘on its knees’ as Israel orders Gaza hospitals to evacuate
Human Rights Watch is investigating the Israeli airstrikes on a hospital in Gaza strip that have killed at least seven people, including three children. The hospital has been identified as Al Shifa Hospital by Hamas and the Israeli military. Doctors at the hospital said the airstrikes were indiscriminate and that several patients were injured in the strikes.
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Fears for hospitals are raised by fighting in Gaza City
The Israeli military said it is “closely monitoring” hospitals in Gaza amid fighting between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Israeli military. This comes after an Israeli hospital suffered damage during an attack by Hamas. The hospital was damaged during a clash between Israel’s troops and Hamas in Gaza on Thursday, officials said.
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Hospitals can be protected in war
Over 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza Strip since fighting between Israel and Hamas started on October 7, mostly civilians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. On Saturday, bombs fell on al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing at least 45. On Friday, Israel struck an ambulance convoy at Gaza’s largest medical facility, Al-Shifa Hospital, killing at least 13, according to the World Health Organization.
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Hospitals in Gaza report threats from Israeli planes
Hospitals in Gaza are facing crisis amid fuel shortage, sanitation and threats from Israel, a joint statement by the Red Crescent Society of Palestine and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. Over 100 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 have been injured in the conflict, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
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The US has high confidence that a Palestinian rocket caused a hospital blast
The Israeli military released a picture of a moving object that they claimed was a rocket aimed at Israel, days after the Al-Ahli Hospital blast in Gaza that killed over 30 people. The picture showed a moving object that the military claimed was a rocket aimed at Israel. However, Palestinians said it was a rocket fired from Gaza and aimed at Israel.
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For the most vulnerable inmates, there is a plea for mercy
United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza Strip “isn’t going to stop yet”. “They…are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza,” he added. Guterres made the statement during a visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, where he met with Egyptian officials andUNRWA (UNRWA), the UN refugee agency.
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It’s difficult to know which one was responsible for the Gaza Hospital explosion
At least 500 people have been killed in a blast which took place at the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. The blast was caused by a rocket that exploded in the air before falling on the hospital grounds. Palestinian Health Ministry officials said that the hospital was hit by Israeli air strikes on October 14.
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