AGI – Israel’s war against Hamas has reached its end thirty-sixth day. In Gaza, the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health reports that more than 11,078 Palestinians have been killed and that theAl-Shifa Hospital is completely dark and isolated after being hit by a missile.
“We have started losing lives,” said Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of the hospital. “Patients are actually dying by the minute.” Babies in incubators“. The facility “remained without electricity, internet, water and medical care,” he added.
According to the IDF, the attack on the largest health facility in the Gaza Strip was the result of a failed rocket launch by Hamas. According to an Israeli source cited by the Wall Street Journal Hostages in the hands of Hamas They could be stored in the hospital’s basement, making it difficult for the army to operate in the complex.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said one person was killed and 28 others injured in an Israeli attack on Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip. According to the report, some of the victims were refugees who had sought shelter on the hospital premises.
A World Health Organization spokesman said 20 hospitals in Gaza were completely out of order.
The Israeli army said it carried out a series of raids against Hamas facilities in the heart of a civilian district of Gaza and killed two Nukhba Force commanders who were involved in the Oct. 7 attack.
Macron called on Israel to stop bombing Gaza, but Netanyahu responded by saying that responsibility for the deaths of civilians lay with Hamas. At a meeting with leaders of Gaza’s border communities, the prime minister said that after eliminating Hamas, Israel would be in control of security in the Gaza Strip.
Doctors Without Borders: “Catastrophic situation”
The situation in the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City is “catastrophic”. This was said by a surgeon quoted by the NGO Doctors Without Borders. “In the last few hours, attacks against the hospital have increased dramatically. Our staff reported a catastrophic situation a few hours ago,” Doctors Without Borders wrote about the hospital.
A Hamas commander was killed and was hiding in a school
The Israeli army said it killed the Hamas commander who was holding around 1,000 Gazans hostage at Rantisi Hospital.
In a statement, the IDF said that, according to information from the Shin Bet and military intelligence, troops from the Givati Brigade ordered a warplane to attack Ahmed Siam, the commander of Hamas’s Nasser Radwan Company.
Siam was killed while hiding in the al-Buraq school in Gaza City along with other Hamas operatives under his command, according to the armed forces.
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