The head of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza warned on Monday, November 13, that “humanitarian operations will cease within 48 hours and no fuel will be allowed to enter Gaza.” The Palestinian territory, where more than 1.5 of the 2.4 million residents have been displaced according to the UN, has been under a total siege imposed by Israel since October 9, depriving the population of water, electricity, food and medicine. “This morning, two of our most important water utilities stopped working – they ran out of fuel – leaving 200,000 people without drinking water,” said Thomas White At. Follow our live stream.
A tribute to the French victims that will be paid “soon”. Emmanuel Macron will preside over a “national ceremony of honor” for the French people who died during the Hamas attack on Israel once “their number and identity have been established with certainty,” the head of state affirmed in a response sent to Eric Ciotti on Monday , the president of the Les Républicains party. The latest death toll in France stands at 40 dead and eight missing, including hostages.
Hospitals in Gaza Strip “out of order”. The situation around health facilities is complicated, especially in Gaza City, at the center of the fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas. According to the authorities, “all hospitals” in the northern Gaza Strip are now “out of service.” The Israeli army suspects the hospitals of housing strategic Hamas infrastructure, such as tunnels.
Caught. Thousands of Palestinians are still hoping that on Monday they will leave the compound of al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, trapped without water or electricity for several days. In a new report released midday on Monday, the Hamas government’s deputy health minister said that “seven premature babies” and “27 patients in intensive care” had died due to the lack of electricity.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, a medical evacuation convoy en route to Al-Quds Hospital had to turn back. The organization cites “constant bombings” and a “dangerous situation around the facility” in the town of Tal Al-Hawa. She adds that the medical team, as well as patients and their relatives, are still surrounded in the hospital and have no food, water or electricity.
Hope for the hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the possibility of an agreement to release some of the approximately 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, in an interview with NBC on Sunday. A condition, in his opinion, for any ceasefire.