Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. Doctors perform surgery on a patient at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, center, examines wounded children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, examines wounded Gazan children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, left, examines wounded children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

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Israel accused of bombing Kamal Adwan Hospital ICU risking patients, medics
1 day, 19 hours ago

Israel accused of bombing Kamal Adwan Hospital ICU risking patients, medics

Al Jazeera  

The hospital’s director has called for international intervention to protect patients and Gaza’s health system. “For more than an hour now, shells are raining down on us from every corner, mile, and direction.” Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from nearby Deir el-Balah, said, “What we are seeing now is a deliberate attack on the health facility.” “The Israeli military has …

Death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000 Palestinians, health officials say
1 week ago

Death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000 Palestinians, health officials say

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas militants, health officials in the embattled territory said Monday, as often-stalled ceasefire negotiations appeared to be gaining ground. Among the latest killed were 10 people, including a family of four, in an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City’s …

Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 45,000
1 week ago

Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 45,000

Al Jazeera  

As war approaches 15th month, Palestinians endure ‘unbearable’ loss, with 52 dead taken to hospitals in past day alone. “The amount of loss of life in Gaza is unbearable among the Palestinians who have been living through this war for more than 14 months,” said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary. Monday morning was also “bloody”, said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, …

Ailing kids wait months for Israeli permission to leave Gaza for treatment. Some die in the meantime
1 week, 2 days ago

Ailing kids wait months for Israeli permission to leave Gaza for treatment. Some die in the meantime

LA Times  

Nima al Askari cares for her 4-year-old son, Qusay, in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Islam al Rayahen’s family had asked Israeli authorities six times over recent months for permission to evacuate him from Gaza for a desperately needed stem cell transplant, Bollen said. COGAT, the Israeli military agency in charge of humanitarian affairs for Palestinians, said in a statement …

Israeli forces pound besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital with bombing and quadcopter attacks, doctor says, after “bloody day”
1 week, 3 days ago

Israeli forces pound besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital with bombing and quadcopter attacks, doctor says, after “bloody day”

CNN  

CNN — The Israeli military battered Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza with heavy ground and aerial bombardment overnight Thursday into Friday, according to the director of the facility, who described as a “catastrophic” barrage. The Israeli military has fired on Kamal Adwan Hospital on a daily basis, and raided the facility at least six times since October 5, Abu …

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say
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1 week, 4 days ago

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say

Associated Press  

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman, hours after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. US Secretary of State Blinken renews calls for inclusion, stability in Syria in Mideast visit AQABA, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State …

Sixty patients at Gaza hospital at risk of starving, authorities say
1 week, 5 days ago

Sixty patients at Gaza hospital at risk of starving, authorities say

Al Jazeera  

Health Ministry warns patients could die from lack of food, water as UN official briefs Security Council on conditions. “The humanitarian situation inside the hospital has become extremely dangerous, as the wounded lack basic needs, which increases their suffering under the difficult conditions imposed by forces,” the ministry said in a statement. In its separate daily update on the death …

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children

Associated Press  

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 14 people including children Sunday, Palestinian health officials said, while the bombing of a hospital in northern Gaza wounded a half-dozen patients. Israel’s military continues its latest offensive against Hamas militants in northern Gaza, whose remaining Palestinians have been almost completely cut off from the rest …

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children

The Independent  

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Several injured after Gaza hospital hit by shelling, Israel denies involvement
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Several injured after Gaza hospital hit by shelling, Israel denies involvement

India Today  

Israeli shelling hit a hospital in northern Gaza, wounding several people, damaging equipment and disrupting surgeries, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday, but Israel's military denied carrying out strikes in the area. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya - one of only three barely operational on the northern edge of the …

Israel’s attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Nuseirat home in northern Gaza
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Israel’s attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Nuseirat home in northern Gaza

Al Jazeera  

The strike comes as Gaza’s health system is collapsing amid repeated attacks by the Israeli military. Israel’s military carried out several deadly attacks over the past day as it laid siege to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya and the surrounding area in northern Gaza. Attacking a hospital On Friday, Israeli forces killed about 30 people when they stormed …

Israeli forces storm into Gaza hospital, displace patients and staff amid deadly escalation
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Israeli forces storm into Gaza hospital, displace patients and staff amid deadly escalation

Firstpost  

Israeli forces stormed into Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza on Friday and expelled some staff and displaced people before withdrawing, and bodies of people killed by airstrikes littered the streets outside, its director said Israeli forces stormed into Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza on Friday and expelled some staff and displaced people …

Gaza civil defence says 29 dead in Israeli strikes around key hospital
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Gaza civil defence says 29 dead in Israeli strikes around key hospital

New Indian Express  

Beit Lahia, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said 29 people were killed on Friday by Israeli strikes around a major hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahia. Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of northern Gaza's last functioning health centres, was hit by several strikes in the morning, the agency and the hospital director said. "There was a series of …

Israeli forces strike, storm Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital with ‘no warning’
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Israeli forces strike, storm Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital with ‘no warning’

Al Jazeera  

The World Health Organization says Israel issued no warning for the strike on the hospital that killed four staff. At least four staff have been killed when several air strikes hit Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and Israeli forces stormed the facility, according to the hospital’s director and the enclave’s Civil Defence agency. Richard Peeperkorn, spokesman of the World Health Organization, …

Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital, eyewitnesses say
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital, eyewitnesses say

CNN  

CNN — Four doctors were killed at Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged northern Gaza on Friday, after Israeli forces stormed the compound, killing and injuring dozens of people in surrounding areas, eyewitnesses told CNN. “The situation is catastrophic in northern Gaza, particularly in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital.” Members of an Indonesian medical delegation – the only team performing …

Middle East latest: An Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital kills a teen in a wheelchair
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Middle East latest: An Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital kills a teen in a wheelchair

Associated Press  

An Israeli drone strike on a hospital compound in northern Gaza on Thursday killed a 16-year-old boy in a wheelchair and wounded at least 12 other people, including medical staff, the Gaza Health Ministry and the hospital director said. Earlier Thursday, the human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with …

Palestinians call for action to halt Israeli attacks on West Bank hospitals
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Palestinians call for action to halt Israeli attacks on West Bank hospitals

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli military has apprehended an injured Palestinian in Nablus, despite hospitals being protected under international law. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West Bank has called for international intervention to halt Israel’s attacks on the healthcare system after Israeli forces raided a hospital in Nablus and arrested an injured patient. Wafa said Israeli forces conducted a separate …

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office

New Indian Express  

The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that the Israeli army is committing systematic attacks on the Palestinian territory's healthcare sector, revealing that at least 1000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have been killed since the beginning of Israel's "genocidal" war on Gaza. In a press statement on Sunday, the office pointed out Israel's war crimes including targetted …

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000

China Daily  

Experts call for more efforts from intl community to stop killing of civilians More than 1,000 medical workers in Gaza have been killed in Israeli strikes since October last year, local authorities have said, as Tel Aviv is accused of waging a "campaign of extermination" in north Gaza. These projectiles penetrate the bodies of our workers, causing severe bleeding and …

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000
Top News
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000

China Daily  

A displaced Palestinian woman clears water from a tent following heavy rainfall north of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday amid the ongoing conflict in the region. BASHAR TALEB/AFP More than 1,000 medical workers in Gaza have been killed in Israeli strikes since October last year, local authorities have said, as Tel Aviv is accused of waging …

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000
Top News
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000

China Daily  

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-26 06:50 A displaced Palestinian woman clears water from a tent following heavy rainfall north of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday amid the ongoing conflict in the region. BASHAR TALEB/AFP More than 1,000 medical workers in Gaza have been killed in Israeli strikes since October …

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000
Top News
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gaza medical worker deaths exceed 1,000

China Daily  

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-26 06:50 A displaced Palestinian woman clears water from a tent following heavy rainfall north of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday amid the ongoing conflict in the region. BASHAR TALEB/AFP More than 1,000 medical workers in Gaza have been killed in Israeli strikes since October …

Israeli Strike Wounds Director Of North Gaza’s Main Hospital
4 weeks ago

Israeli Strike Wounds Director Of North Gaza’s Main Hospital

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israeli strikes this weekend on what’s considered north Gaza’s main hospital have resulted in about a dozen wounded staff, including the barely operational medical facility’s director, amid the region’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe. Like the rest of Gaza, the Israeli military continues to attack the north’s health care system, including Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, where only …

The IDF called it a 'precise operation' on a Gaza hospital. Those who witnessed it say 'they destroyed everything'
1 month ago

The IDF called it a 'precise operation' on a Gaza hospital. Those who witnessed it say 'they destroyed everything'

ABC  

A hospital is meant to be a place of refuge and care. Warning — details in this story may distress some readers The IDF said it gave civilians an opportunity to leave the Kamal Adwan compound before it stormed the hospital. The IDF said "approximately 100 terrorists" had barricaded themselves inside the Kamal Adwan hospital. Saana Redwan said the IDF …

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon
1 month, 1 week ago

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — When Zarifa Nawfal’s family arrived in Beirut for her wounded daughter’s surgery, one of the first things she wanted to do was go to the sea. Nawfal’s 7-year-old daughter, Halima Abou Yassine, is one of a dozen severely wounded Palestinian children brought to Lebanon this year for treatment through a program launched by a British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan …

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering
1 month, 1 week ago

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Salon  

Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who was performing surgery at Al-Ahli when the roof fell in, gave an extraordinary press conference. Related Why warzones are the perfect place for antibiotic resistance and …

Israeli attacks kill 40 as limited aid arrives in ravaged northern Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli attacks kill 40 as limited aid arrives in ravaged northern Gaza

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli military killed more civilians and journalists in attacks across Gaza, especially its besieged north. The Israeli military has killed several dozen Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in a string of attacks as it allowed a small amount of aid into the northern part of the enclave, the first after over a month of intensified siege. Medics quoted by …

Takeaways from AP's report on three hospitals in northern Gaza raided by Israeli troops
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP's report on three hospitals in northern Gaza raided by Israeli troops

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. —After troops surrounded the facility, …

Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again

The Independent  

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Tragic moment Gaza medic realises the corpse he has wheeled into hospital is his own mother, killed in an Israeli airstrike
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tragic moment Gaza medic realises the corpse he has wheeled into hospital is his own mother, killed in an Israeli airstrike

Daily Mail  

Heart-wrenching pictures show the tragic moment a Palestinian ambulance worker realised the body he was transporting was his own mother, killed by an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza. Samira was among three people who were killed in the Israeli strike on a car in Maghazi refugee camp on Wednesday, according to Palestinian health officials and journalists, while at least 10 …

UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure

Salon  

Six days after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel ordered the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza. The Times of Israel reported in January that Israeli medical professionals were instructed by Israel’s Health Ministry not to cooperate with the U.N. commission, after it sent letters and emails to doctors and hospital staff who had …

Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills 34, Including 15 Women and Children
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills 34, Including 15 Women and Children

Associated Press  

Palestinian medical officials report the death of at least 34 people in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza. The strike, which killed a mother and her five children, also injured another 20 people. The victims were displaced Palestinians sheltering in the area. The Israeli military has repeatedly struck shelters for displaced people in recent months, saying it carried out precise …

Al-Awda Hospital: A Lifeline Under Siege, in Peril
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Al-Awda Hospital: A Lifeline Under Siege, in Peril

Al Jazeera  

Al-Awda Hospital, a partially functional medical facility in northern Gaza, has been repeatedly targeted by armed forces, with three attacks in the past three weeks causing significant damage. The facility is currently encircled and trapped, with 163 people trapped, including 24 patients in critical care. The hospital is a symbol of hope for the people of Gaza, but it is …

WHO Re-establishes Contact with Gaza Hospital, but Situation Escalates
1 month, 3 weeks ago

WHO Re-establishes Contact with Gaza Hospital, but Situation Escalates

Deccan Chronicle  

WHO re-establishes contact with staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, reporting that three health workers were injured, 44 detained, and four ambulances damaged. The situation escalated after Gaza's health ministry alleged that Israeli forces raided the hospital in Jabalia camp, resulting in the deaths of two children and the detention of hundreds of staff, patients, and displaced individuals.

Hundreds detained as Israel raids last functioning hospital in Gaza, raising concerns about civilian toll
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds detained as Israel raids last functioning hospital in Gaza, raising concerns about civilian toll

Hindustan Times  

Israeli forces raided the last functioning hospital in Gaza, detaining hundreds of staff, patients and displaced people. The hospital was targeted during a major operation aimed at destroying Hamas's operational capabilities in the north of the territory. The UN human rights chief expressed deep concern about the conflict's civilian toll, with UN human rights chief Volker Turk saying the conflict's …

Israel raids a Gaza hospital and its strike on a home kills 13 children
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel raids a Gaza hospital and its strike on a home kills 13 children

LA Times  

People walk through the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on Friday. Israeli strikes on residential areas in southern Gaza killed 38 people Friday, Palestinian health officials said, including 13 children from the same extended family. The Israeli military body that oversees aid distribution in Gaza, COGAT, said it facilitated …

Israeli Siege Enters Third Week, Hospital Under Fire in Gaza
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli Siege Enters Third Week, Hospital Under Fire in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have surrounded the compound of one of the few partially functioning medical facilities in the north of Gaza amid an Israeli siege. More than 150 patients and staff are trapped at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, with the hospital suffering severe damage from a tank attack. The hospital is one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities in the …

Humanitarians Warn Israel Is Rapidly Erasing Northern Gaza: ‘We Feel Hopeless’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Humanitarians Warn Israel Is Rapidly Erasing Northern Gaza: ‘We Feel Hopeless’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Humanitarians, aid groups and Palestinian civilians are desperately trying to tell the world that the Israeli military is essentially wiping northern Gaza off the map, with its weekslong siege involving relentless bombing, the destruction of hospitals and other infrastructure, and the ongoing aid blockade that is worsening both hunger and medical care. The Palestinian Civil Defense announced …

Israel’s Intensified Attacks On Gaza Are Worsening An Already Dire Health Crisis
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s Intensified Attacks On Gaza Are Worsening An Already Dire Health Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Aid workers are sounding the alarm this week on the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have trapped Palestinians while intensifying attacks both on civilians and life-sustaining infrastructure. “I tried to explain to the army that this hospital provides vital humanitarian services for children,” Kamal Adwan’s director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, said in a …

400,000 trapped in hell of northern Gaza, UN says, as death toll passes 42,000
2 months, 2 weeks ago

400,000 trapped in hell of northern Gaza, UN says, as death toll passes 42,000

The Independent  

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View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse
2 months, 2 weeks ago

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

The Independent  

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The Year That Israel Collapsed Gaza’s Health Care System
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Year That Israel Collapsed Gaza’s Health Care System

Huff Post  

Rajaa Musleh quietly sat on the fifth floor of downtown Chicago’s Marriott hotel, where the medical aid group she works for, MedGlobal, was holding a conference filled with panelists and attendees. “It was like a post-apocalyptic movie,” said Dr. John Kahler, MedGlobal’s co-founder and a retired pediatrician who’s provided medical aid in conflict zones for decades. “It was devastating to …

A year of blood and anguish: The Mideast war in AP photos
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A year of blood and anguish: The Mideast war in AP photos

The Independent  

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Nearly 100 U.S. Health Workers Who Served In Gaza Demand Arms Embargo To Israel
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 100 U.S. Health Workers Who Served In Gaza Demand Arms Embargo To Israel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Almost 100 American health care workers who have served in Gaza are demanding a U.S. arms embargo on Israel until a permanent cease-fire is reached — the latest plea for the Biden administration to end its unconditional support for Israel ahead of the anniversary of the country’s siege on the Palestinian territory. Almost a thousand of those …

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic content. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. On Sunday, the UN Relief and Works Agency, the UN body in charge of the Palestinian territories, said on X: “While we vaccinate children against polio, many other diseases continue …

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip

LA Times  

Palestinians stand in line next to Israeli armored vehicles during a military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Saturday. The West Bank remained on edge Saturday as Israel’s military continued its large-scale military campaign, the deadliest since the Israel-Hamas war began. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders in a statement said it was alarmed by the scale …

UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Al Jazeera  

Agreement consists of temporary pauses in separate areas of Gaza with goal of vaccinating 640,000 children under 10. The World Health Organization says it has received a “preliminary commitment” allowing for temporary “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to distribute polio vaccines as deteriorating conditions caused by Israel’s war fuel the spread of disease and illness throughout the besieged strip. “It will …

Hospital in central Gaza empties out as Israeli forces draw near
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hospital in central Gaza empties out as Israeli forces draw near

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — One of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals has been emptying out in recent days as Israel has ordered the evacuation of nearby areas and signaled a possible ground operation in a town that has been largely spared throughout the war, officials said Monday. Also on Monday, Israeli strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis killed at …

One of Gaza's last functioning hospitals is emptying out as Israeli forces draw near
3 months, 3 weeks ago

One of Gaza's last functioning hospitals is emptying out as Israeli forces draw near

The Independent  

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Israel orders evacuation in Deir el-Balah, patients flee Al-Aqsa Hospital
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel orders evacuation in Deir el-Balah, patients flee Al-Aqsa Hospital

Al Jazeera  

Patients and displaced Palestinians are fleeing Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the last functioning medical facility in central Gaza, following the latest evacuation orders. The Israeli army on Sunday demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, previously classified as a “humanitarian area”. Later, the Gaza Government Media Office confirmed that Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital “is not within the …

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