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Israeli forces fired on the main hospital in southern Gaza yesterday, killing a patient and wounding six others, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Nasser Hospital, in the city of Khan Younis, has been a key part of Gaza’s struggling health system. Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals and other civilian buildings as…
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Hamas ‘could stop this fight immediately’, says UK foreign secretary After being challenged on what Israel is doing to protect civilians and children in Gaza (see previous post), Lord David Cameron is also asked if he is “aware of any moves by Hamas to protect the children of Gaza” by releasing the Israeli hostages and…
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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israel “should not proceed” with a military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, without a plan for the more than 1 million civilians currently sheltering in the area. Speaking alongside the visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II at the White House, Biden…
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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says the body of a six-year-old girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli fire has been recovered – alongside five family members and two ambulance workers who went to save her. The PRCS accused Israel of deliberately targeting the ambulance sent to…
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Half of US adults believe Israel has “gone too far” in its military campaign in Gaza, according to a new poll from The Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That is up from 40% in the same poll in November. The poll was conducted from 25-28 January, which overlaps with the deaths of three…
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The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is reaching catastrophic levels, intensifying each day. UN authorities have described the enclave as “a place of death and despair” in the past three months of the conflict. Nearly 25,000 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and almost 62,500 injured, according to the Health Ministry…
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Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a series of shootings, including of three hostages who were shirtless and waving a white flag, raised questions about its conduct in a 10-week-old war that has brought unprecedented death and destruction to the coastal enclave. Gaza remained under a communications blackout for a fourth…
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The Palestinian foreign minister claims that Israel is weaponising food and starving Gaza deliberately – claims an Israeli official rejected as “obscene”. The UN World Food Programme has previously said half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is starving. Israel has said it allows aid into Gaza via the Rafah crossing and announced the first…
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Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy has commented on the humanitarian situation inside Gaza. He said that a number of international organizations have little or no infrastructure to support massive numbers of displaced Palestinians, claiming Israeli-designated safe zones are unsuitable. “We have been facilitating the provision of humanitarian aid through Egypt,” Mr Levy says. “We want…
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While Israeli ground operations are concentrated mainly to the north and south of Gaza, airstrikes continue to sweep across the entire enclave. These images come to us from al Zawayda, in the centre of Gaza, where a number of strikes have left buildings destroyed and people left to search the rubble. Earlier reports say the…
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More than 17,000 people – mostly women and children – have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Intense urban fighting raged in and around the Gaza Strip’s largest cities on Friday, as the death toll continues to rise. After the first phase of its ground offensive in northern Gaza, Israel’s army extended operations southwards…
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The initial sympathy for Israel in the immediate wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks is diminishing as Tel Aviv’s response is widely viewed as disproportionate. Nearly 17,200 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, with an estimated 70% being women and children. After Oct. 7, ruling elites, government officials, establishment media and mainstream…
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A week ago, Hamas claimed its youngest hostage – a 10-month-old boy – had been killed along with his four-year-old brother and their mother. The militant group said they had been killed in an IDF strike on Gaza, where they had been held hostage. But there has been no further confirmation of this, and Israel’s…
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The situation in Gaza is “apocalyptic” and there is a “heightened risk” of atrocity crimes being committed, the UN human rights chief has warned. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Volker Turk urged Israel and Hamas to urgently take measures to stop such violations being committed. “My humanitarian colleagues have described the situation as…
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The families of hostages being held by Hamas have said there is “solid intelligence” that some of their loved ones are in “immediate danger” due to deteriorating health conditions. In a letter to the Israeli Security Cabinet, representatives of the families demanded the government take urgent action to bring the remaining 138 hostages home. “We…
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Welcome back to our live coverage of the conflict. Yesterday, Israel pulled its negotiating team from Qatar, accusing Hamas of reneging on a deal to free all the women and children it was holding. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, said too many innocent Palestinians had been killed in Gaza and urged Israel to do…
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