A satellite image shows Al-Ahli hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 7, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights GENEVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was […]
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While the world has abandoned Gaza, its doctors have done the opposite. They are our heroes | Ghada Ageel
In the movie Any Given Sunday, Al Pacino plays a highly strung football coach. In a key scene, he gives a speech about how “life is a game of inches” and how when “you add up all those inches that’s gonna make the difference between livin’ and dyin’”. For Pacino, […]
Rocket misfire from Palestinian side likely cause of Gaza hospital blast: HRW | World News
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was the likely cause of an explosion that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17. Wounded Palestinians Ahli Arab hospital at the al-Shifa hospital,(AP) The explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital triggered outrage […]
Gaza babies: Premature, sick babies cross into Egypt after Al-Shifa evacuation
CNN — Twenty-eight premature babies arrived in Egypt from Gaza on Monday and are receiving care in two hospitals, an Egyptian government source said after the infants were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. The government source told CNN on Tuesday nearly all of the babies are suffering from […]
Hamas officials and medic say Israel surrounding 2nd Gaza hospital as babies from Al-Shifa reach Egypt
Tel Aviv — The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run Health Ministry says 13,000 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel launched its military campaign against Hamas in response to the group’s bloody Oct. 7 terror attack. There were reports Monday morning that Israeli forces were surrounding a hospital in the […]
‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Newborn babies wrapped in blankets and lined up on a bed after being removed from incubators have become the defining image showing the Israeli siege of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. At least 32 patients, including six premature babies, have died at the al-Shifa Hospital in the last three days, […]
Thousands flee Gaza hospital, but many still trapped
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals have forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients, newborns and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday. With Israeli […]
Babies die as Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza stops functioning
IDF has ‘responsibility’ to eliminate Hamas, but must ‘be mindful’ of hospitals, NSC spokesman John Kirby says As the Israeli Defense Forces close in on the center of Gaza City, some Biden administration officials and congressional lawmakers want evidence of Israel’s claim that Hamas’ operation center is under Al-Shifa Hospital. […]
Israeli tanks outside Gaza hospital, Biden hopes for ‘less intrusive’ action
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Hamas armed wing floats release of 70 hostages for 5-day truce Israeli military releases video and photos of what it says are weapons Hamas stored in the basement of a hospital White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Washington would ‘like to see considerably longer pauses – […]
Gaza hospital ‘surrounded by tanks’ as other healthcare facilities say they’ve been damaged by Israeli strikes
CNN — Israeli tanks have surrounded a Gaza hospital, its director told CNN, as the territory’s largest healthcare facility came under a reported “bombardment,” heightening fears Friday that Israel’s military campaign is further endangering Gazan patients and medical staff. Mustafa al-Kahlout, who heads the Al Nasr hospital and Al Rantisi […]
Gaza City hospitals raise alarm as Israeli forces near
A child is killed about every 10 minutes in Gaza: WHO chief UNITED NATIONS — A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council today, warning: “Nowhere and no one is safe.” Israel […]
WHO: north Gaza hospitals are under bombardment
Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Bombardment on hospital with children on life support: WHO UN calls for opening of another crossing for aid Says […]
Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital
File photo: Palestinians, who fled their homes due to Israeli strikes, rest as they shelter at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The Israeli military accused the Islamist movement Hamas on Friday of using the main hospital […]
Israel did not strike Gaza hospital, Canada says
People inspect the area of Al-Ahli hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, and where Palestinians who fled their homes were sheltering amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot Acquire Licensing […]
The World Paid a Stiff Price for Bad Reporting on the Gaza Hospital Explosion
President Joe Biden left Washington on Oct. 17 with big plans. He didn’t make it off the tarmac before disinformation hijacked his trip. Social media outrage and hasty news coverage of the Gaza hospital bombing preempted diplomacy that could have saved lives. After traveling to Israel to reassure the Jewish […]
Gaza hospital blast likely a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfire, U.S. officials say
‘I feel disgusted’ by Biden visit, says Palestinian trapped in Gaza NEAR THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER — A Palestinian American who had to flee his home in Gaza City because of Israel’s bombardment said today that Biden ignored what he called 75 years of Gaza oppression. “I want him to know that […]
‘Free world, where are you?’ Gaza hospital chief pleads amid Israel attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Footage of dead bodies lined up side by side on a hospital stretcher stir outrage in bombarded Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The head of a hospital in the Gaza Strip has issued an emotional appeal calling for an end to Israel’s bombardment following an air raid that doctors […]
In deadly day for Gaza, hospital strike kills hundreds
GAZA, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Gaza’s health ministry spokesman said an Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed hundreds of people at a hospital in the Palestinian enclave, but Israel said a Palestinian barrage had caused the blast. The death toll was by far the highest of any single incident in […]
Doctors say Gaza hospital situation dire
Hospitals in Gaza are in a dire situation as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, putting the lives of civilians and health care workers at risk. Doctors say health care facilities are overcrowded, with workers dealing with a lack of supplies to treat patients. One aid group further said the patients at […]