Israel detains 240 Palestinians including medics after Gaza hospital raid
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel’s military. The Health Ministry said it was concerned for the wellbeing of Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the […]
Israeli army forces patients out of north Gaza hospital, medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory’s health ministry said on Tuesday. The Indonesian Hospital is one of the Gaza Strip’s few still partially functioning hospitals, on its […]
Hospitals under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military forces besieged hospitals and shelters for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday as they stepped up their operations, preventing critical aid from reaching civilians, residents and medics said. Troops rounded up men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia historic refugee camp, they said. An Israeli airstrike […]
North Gaza hospitals say food, medicines running out as Israel presses offensive
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Palestinian health officials called on Wednesday for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse as Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of heavy fighting against Hamas. Doctors at the Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda and the Indonesian hospitals have refused to […]
Israeli strike kills 28 people sheltering in a school in central Gaza
Cairo, Egypt Reuters An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and children on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate, putting patients’ lives at risk, medics said. The strike, in which many more were wounded, occurred in the city […]