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Patients resting in Al-Shifa Hospital last Friday
Doctors refuse to leave Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli evacuation order
GAZA — Doctors at Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza have refused a mandatory evacuation order of the hospital from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), because they fear the approximately 700 at-risk patients will die if left behind, according to Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, director-general of the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.“The problem is not the doctors, it’s the patients. And if they are left behind, they will die, and if they are transferred they will die on the way, this is the problem, we are talking about 700 patients,” Dr. Al-Bursh told CNN Monday. “There has been no response until now by the doctors, but some of the displaced people and families have already been leaving.”The evacuation order, according to Dr. Al-Bursh, is not coordinated with any international...
November 14, 2023

Doctors refuse to leave Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli evacuation order

A map showing hospitals in the Gaza Strip alongside Israeli ground operations.
Gaza hospitals caught on front line of Israel-Hamas war
GAZA — Hospitals and medical facilities have become caught up in intense fighting as Israel presses its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City.The focus of attention has been on Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital, where thousands are trapped by nearby battles, but other facilities are also reporting a lack of supplies and power due to fighting.Israel says it is not targeting hospitals directly but acknowledges there are “clashes” around Al-Shifa and other facilities.The World Health Organization (WHO) says 36 health facilities including 22 hospitals have been damaged since the war began on Oct. 7, and only a handful are now still operational.Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza CityThe WHO said on Sunday that Al-Shifa in Gaza City — the territory’s largest with 700 beds — had ceased to...
November 13, 2023

Gaza hospitals caught on front line of Israel-Hamas war

The dozens of premature babies currently being treated at Al-Shifa hospital cannot be moved safely, an aid organisation has said.
It's not possible to move Al-Shifa babies safely, aid organization says
GAZA — The dozens of premature babies currently being treated at Al-Shifa hospital cannot be moved safely, an aid organization has said.Following the Israeli military reiterating that it has offered to help move the infants to a "safer hospital", Medical Aid for Palestinians says the movement of critical ill newborns is a "complex and technical process".In a statement on Sunday, the aid organization's CEO, Melanie Ward, cast doubt on Israel's claims and said she was "deeply concerned by uncritical media reporting"."With ambulances unable to reach the hospital, particularly those with the skills and equipment needed to transfer these babies, and no hospital with capacity to receive them, there is no indication of how this can be done...
November 13, 2023

It's not possible to move Al-Shifa babies safely, aid organization says

The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier is one of two sent to the eastern Mediterranean (file photo)
Five US troops die in training air crash in eastern Mediterranean
WASHINGTON — Five American service members have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean, the US military says.It says the aircraft suffered a mishap while refuelling as part of a routine training exercise.The US has increased its operations in the region since the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.President Joe Biden paid tribute to the victims, saying service members were putting "their lives on the line for our country every day"."We pray for the families of all our fallen warriors today and every day," he added.The military statement did not specify where the aircraft was flying from or where the crash happened.But the US has moved two aircraft carriers, as well as ships and jets, to the eastern Mediterranean over the past month.The...
November 13, 2023

Five US troops die in training air crash in eastern Mediterranean

People stand outside the emergency ward of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10.
Hundreds evacuate through Rafah crossing as Gaza health system crumbles
RAFAH — Hospitals across Gaza are running out of electricity and supplies, with staff working in dire conditions while thousands of residents pack into medical centers, seeking shelter from a seemingly endless barrage of airstrikes.Gaza’s second-largest hospital — Al-Quds in Gaza City — is no longer operational, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.In Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, patients and staff are trapped inside due to fighting nearby, according to health officials and aid agencies. The hospital is rapidly running out of electricity, food and medical supplies, a senior official at the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza told CNN on Saturday.Israel said it opened an evacuation corridor outside Al-Shifa Sunday, but the International Committee of the Red Cross...
November 13, 2023

Hundreds evacuate through Rafah crossing as Gaza health system crumbles

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October  2023.    ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS
Netanyahu refuses to say if he will take responsibility for October 7 attacks
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday refused to answer whether he would take responsibility for failing to prevent the October 7 attack on Israel, saying that there would be time for such “difficult” questions once the war is over.In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Netanyahu acknowledged that it is “a question that needs to be asked,” but that the country for now needs to unite around the goal of defeating Hamas – the militant group that controls Gaza and launched the assault on Israel.“We’re going to answer all these questions,” the prime minister said, adding that, “Right now, I think what we have to do is unite the country for one purpose; to achieve victory.“Let’s focus on victory – that’s my responsibility now.”Netanyahu has...
November 13, 2023

Netanyahu refuses to say if he will take responsibility for October 7 attacks

Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. — courtesy WHO
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
GENEVA — Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hospital has come under attack by Israeli forces as they battle Palestinian militants.In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting is happening “around” the facility.UN relief and humanitarian affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, tweeted that in light of “horrific reports of attacks”, there could be “no justification for acts of war in healthcare facilities leaving them with no power, food or water and shooting at patients and civilians trying to flee.“This is...
November 12, 2023

Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief

A woman recovers in Al Hilo Hospital in Gaza City after being buried in rubble and having an emergency cesarean section. — courtesy UNFPA/Bisan Ouda
‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief says
RIYADH — A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become a stark “matter of life and death” for millions in Gaza and beyond, said the head of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday.Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and League of Arabrganization of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts.He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory” of the crisis that began with the Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7.Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, in his opening remarks, called for an immediate end to Israel’s military operations in...
November 11, 2023

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief says

Palestinian youths take cover behind a wall during confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on November 9, 2023
14 killed in West Bank city of Jenin after Israeli incursion
RAMALLAH — At least 14 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli military raid, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.The incursion resulted in clashes with Palestinians early Thursday morning, the ministry said. It is not yet clear whether the deceased were civilians or militants.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it conducted the Jenin raid to “thwart terrorist infrastructure” and to demolish the home of a man who allegedly killed an off-duty Israeli soldier in an August 31 ramming attack.“Engineering forces uncovered explosive devices intended to harm our forces in the Jenin refugee camp,” the IDF said in a statement. “The commander of the Central Command signed a demolition order for the home of the...
November 10, 2023

14 killed in West Bank city of Jenin after Israeli incursion

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference following a solidarity visit to Israel, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Biden administration privately warned by American diplomats of growing fury against US in Arab world
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has received stark warnings from American diplomats in the Arab world that its strong support for Israel’s destructive and deadly military campaign in Gaza “is losing us Arab publics for a generation,” according to a diplomatic cable obtained by CNN.The cable underscores profound concern among American officials about the growing anger against the United States that erupted soon after Israel launched its operations against Hamas, following the militant group’s attacks in Israel on October 7 that left over 1,400 Israelis dead.“We are losing badly on the messaging battlespace,” reads a Wednesday cable from the US Embassy in Oman, citing conversations with “a wide range of trusted and sober-minded contacts.”The robust US support for...
November 10, 2023

Biden administration privately warned by American diplomats of growing fury against US in Arab world

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