Cover photo: A UN-flagged tanker truck drives through Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023. SAYS KHATIB / AFP
- The Israeli army announced that it had discovered the body of a hostage kidnapped by Hamas near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Thursday, November 16 during the October 7 raids in Israel. She was “killed by the terrorists,” said army spokesman Daniel Hagari. In the same building, soldiers also discovered “Kalashnikov-type military equipment and weapons, as well as an RGP missile,” he added. Shortly before, the army had claimed to have found “images related to the hostages” on computers confiscated from the hospital.
- The situation in hospitals in the Gaza Strip is not improving. This was claimed by the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip The Israeli army had attacked several services in Al-Shifa, particularly those of radiology, burns and dialysis. Israeli operations continued there on Thursday: “Soldiers are searching every floor, one building at a time, while hundreds of patients and medical staff remain in the complex. » The Palestinian Red Crescent also reported a “violent Israeli attack” and the siege of Al-Ahli HospitalIn Gaza City, the facility turned into a “simple aid station,” according to one of its surgeons. Over and beyond, The Indonesian hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip has ceased operationsannounced its director on Thursday.
- One of the Israeli soldiers injured in the attack on a checkpoint near Jerusalem on Thursday morning has died The Israeli army announced his injuries. Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out “to avenge the blood of the martyrs of Gaza,” according to its press release. On Thursday morning, three attackers were “neutralized” by police after they “opened fire” at a security checkpoint linking Jerusalem to the West Bank. According to the police, seven people were injured, including six members of the security forces.
- All Telecommunications services are once again “out of service” in the Gaza Strip., announced the Palestinian operator Paltel. “All energy sources supporting the grid have been exhausted,” the operator added. And the fuel inlet [pour cette utilisation] was unauthorized. » The “Gaza Strip is once again suffering from a complete communications blackout, and (…) this is because there is no fuel,” confirmed the Commissioner General of the Relief and Security Office. United Nations Work for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini. Therefore, UNRWA will not carry out cross-border humanitarian assistance operations on Friday, she announced.
- The United Nations World Food Program warns of the “imminent threat of famine” in the Gaza Strip, where food and water are “almost nonexistent.” The UN agency’s executive director, Cindy McCain, points to the fuel shortage: “Even when trucks arrived from Egypt and were able to unload their loads in Gaza on Tuesday, food did not reach civilians in shelters due to insufficient supplies.” , which is available for distribution vehicles. »
- According to the Hamas government on Wednesday approximately 11,500 Palestinians, including 4,710 children, were killed on the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7th. In addition, 29,800 people were injured.
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