Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanding ground offensive are crowding into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the war enters its third month. Tens of thousands of people displaced by the fighting have packed into the border city of Rafah, in the far south of the strip, and Muwasi, a nearby patch of barren […]
Calls grow louder to extend a fragile pause in fighting and allow more aid into Gaza. After weeks of intense Israeli bombardment, a humanitarian truce is being used to exchange dozens of detainees and captives between Israel and Hamas. But that deal hit a snag on Saturday, when a disagreement led to several hours of
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BREAKINGBREAKING, Thousands of displaced people and patients, many in critical condition, do not have ambulances or a means to move. Israeli forces have given doctors, patients and displaced people at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza one hour to evacuate the compound, a medical source told Al Jazeera. The doctor said it was an “impossible” as the
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Premature babies among patients in danger of dying as siege, firing cripple healthcare system. Premature babies are in danger of dying as Israeli attacks cripple most hospitals in Gaza. The World Health Organization says Gaza’s largest health complex – al-Shifa Hospital – resembles a cemetery. How can this happen to places protected by international law?
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Hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza are in their final, “critical hours”, and are expected to completely go out of service due to a lack of fuel and as a result of “direct and intentional targeting”, the government’s media office said. The number of hospitals that have gone out of service since the beginning
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Palestinians live moment to moment as Israel’s bombardment continues. Life in Gaza is dominated by fears of Israeli attacks, finding somewhere safe, worrying about food, water, medicine and whether loved ones are still alive. In the middle of this brutal present, some world leaders have already begun discussing the future, once the war is over.
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Thousands of Palestinians have fled to southern Gaza after Israel warned them to evacuate the north before a planned ground offensive against Hamas in response to its attack on Israel. However, those who fled to southern Khan Younis found no reprieve from Israel’s bombardment, as warplanes struck a four-storey building on Saturday, killing and wounding
