Nov 11, 2023 7:50 p.m
Doctors Without Borders: “Hospital hit several times. We alone have 600 patients: 40 of them are premature babies.”
“Al-Shifa Hospital was hit several times. We are alone with 600 patients. 40 are premature babies. Nobody listens to our cry. This is the statement of Mohammed Obeid, a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) surgeon who is hospitalized in Gaza. “The situation is currently dramatic. We have no connection, there is no internet. Every now and then we manage to use the phones. “We are on the fourth floor,” Obeid continued, quoting him in an MSF statement, “there is a sniper who has attacked four patients in the hospital.” One of them has a gunshot wound to the neck and is paraplegic. Another was shot in the stomach. Some of the people leaving the hospital want to go south. They bombed her, they bombed her family.
“There has been no electricity, water or food at Al-Shifa Hospital since this morning – added Obeid -. Our team is exhausted. We had two newborn patients who died because the incubator didn’t work without power. We also had an adult patient in the ICU who died because the ventilator was turned off due to lack of power. We see smoke around the hospital. She [i militari israeliani] They hit everything around the hospital. And they ended up in the hospital several times. The situation is, as I said, very serious. We are almost certain that we are alone. Nobody hears us. We want someone to give us a guarantee that we can evacuate patients, because we have around 600 hospital patients who need medical care and need to be evacuated! We have about 40 premature babies in the hospital and we need to make sure we can evacuate them. We have 17 patients in intensive care and around 600 post-operative patients, all of whom require medical attention. The situation is therefore very serious. We need help. Nobody listens to us. Médecins Sans Frontières strongly reiterates its call to “stop attacks on hospitals, immediately cease fire and protect medical facilities, medical staff and patients, and to allow people who wish to leave hospitals to do so.”
November 11, 2023 7:49 p.m
Israel: “We will help children in the pediatric ward reach a safer hospital”
The Israeli army said it would help evacuate newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital, Al Shifa, where heavy fighting is taking place between soldiers and Hamas militants. “Al-Shifa Hospital staff have asked for help. Tomorrow we will help the children in the children’s ward to reach a safer hospital. “We will provide the necessary assistance,” said military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
November 11, 2023 7:26 p.m
UN: “Nothing justifies acts of war against health facilities”
“Nothing justifies acts of war against health facilities,” said United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths. “There can be no justification for acts of war in health facilities that leave them without power, food or water and the shooting of patients and civilians who try to escape. It is immoral, disgraceful and must stop. Hospitals must be places of great protection and those who need them must be able to trust them as places of safety and not war,” said Griffiths, quoted by the Guardian.
November 11, 2023 7:22 p.m
USA to Israel: “Contain the conflict in Gaza and avoid regional escalation”
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed “the need to contain the conflict in Gaza and avoid regional escalation” during a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant. We read this in a note from the Pentagon. Austin “affirmed Israel’s right to self-defense and reiterated the importance of both protecting civilians and providing humanitarian assistance.”
November 11, 2023 7:20 p.m
“About 50,000 Gazans fled the northern strip today”
Around 50,000 Gazans fled from the north of the Strip to the south today via a seven-hour evacuation corridor set up by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). This was announced by Cogat, the Israeli military authority responsible for government policy in the occupied Palestinian territories.
November 11, 2023 7:12 p.m
In London, more than 100 arrests were made among counter-demonstrators, many of them members of right-wing extremist groups
A group of around 150 counter-demonstrators clashed with police in Parliament Square in London, where protests in support of the Palestinian cause are currently taking place. The BBC reports on it. Counter-demonstrators chanted offensive slogans against Allah and tore a Palestinian flag out of one person’s hand. After the clashes, several counter-demonstrators were arrested. According to police, more than 100 people were arrested today, most of them counter-protesters. These include right-wing extremist groups, including the English Defense League.
November 11, 2023 7:06 p.m
The Israeli army: “Five dead soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip”
Israeli military spokesman today announced the deaths of five soldiers in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. Four of them were hit by an explosion in Beit Hanun while trying to neutralize a Hamas military tunnel, according to media reports. Six other soldiers were injured. Two of them are in serious condition.
November 11, 2023, 7:05 p.m
Israel has identified two launches from Syrian territory in the Golan Heights
Israel has identified two launches from Syrian territory in the Golan Heights, where warning sirens had previously sounded. The military spokesman made this known, adding that the rockets hit open areas and the army is currently targeting the location from where the shots were fired.
November 11, 2023, 7:05 p.m
NGO: “A premature baby died on Saturday, a mistake happened”
“On Saturday a premature baby died, there was a mistake.” Ran Yaron, spokesman for Physicians for Human Rights Israel, says this, referring to the events at Shifa Hospital in Gaza and clarifying the previously published statement in which It was about two newborns who died in incubators due to power outages. “Our organization – added Yaron – does not have doctors working in the hospital. The information is based on the statements of two doctors at the facility with whom we are in contact.
November 11, 2023 7:01 p.m
Over 800,000 protesters in London to support the cause of the Palestinian people
“More than 800,000” protesters took to the streets in London to support the cause of the Palestinian people. The organizers report this, as the Guardian reports. “There are over 800,000 of us here today and the number could reach a million. “This is the second largest march in British history,” said one of the organizers on the stage set up in Nine Elmsa. Police had previously estimated the presence of around 300,000 people.