Combating between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants exterior Gaza’s largest hospital has prompted hundreds of individuals to flee from the sprawling medical facility, however tons of of sufferers and others displaced by the battle remained inside, well being officers stated Monday.
U.S. President Joe Biden stated Shifa hospital “should be protected” and referred to as for “much less intrusive motion” by Israeli forces.
Shifa hospital has been with out electrical energy and water for 3 days and “shouldn’t be functioning as a hospital anymore,” stated World Well being Group Director-Normal Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday. He stated there was gunfire and bombings exterior the compound.
Sufferers there embrace dozens of infants vulnerable to dying due to a scarcity of electrical energy, well being officers on the facility stated.
Greater than two-thirds of Gaza’s inhabitants of two.3 million have fled their properties for the reason that battle started.
Gaza Metropolis, the most important city space within the territory, is the main focus of Israel’s marketing campaign to crush Hamas following the militant group’s lethal Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel that set off the battle.
Greater than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them girls and minors, have been killed for the reason that battle started, in response to the Well being Ministry in Gaza, which doesn’t differentiate between civilian and militant deaths. About 2,700 individuals have been reported lacking.
Greater than 1,200 individuals in Israel died, most of them within the Hamas assault, and about 240 hostages had been taken from Israel into Gaza by Palestinian militants.
Presently:
— 1000’s flee Gaza’s essential hospital however tons of, together with infants, nonetheless trapped by combating
— Hospitals have particular safety below the foundations of battle. Why are they within the crosshairs in Gaza?
— Biden’s certitude on Israel provides strategy to the complexities and casualties of a brutal battle
— EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as ‘human shields’
— Assaults by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group wound 7 Israeli troops, 10 others alongside border with Israel
— US conducts airstrikes towards Iran-backed teams in Syria, retaliating for assaults on US troops
— Discover extra of AP’s protection at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war
Right here’s what’s taking place within the newest Israel-Hamas battle:
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday stated that Gaza’s largest hospital “should be protected,” and referred to as for “much less intrusive motion” by Israeli forces.
Combating between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants has encircled the sprawling medical facility, prompting hundreds to flee.
“It’s my hope and expectation that there will probably be much less intrusive motion,” Biden stated within the Oval Workplace.
Shifa hospital has been with out electrical energy and water for 3 days, and gunfire and bombings exterior the compound have made the state of affairs tougher.
“We don’t wish to see hearth fights in hospitals,” stated White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan at a briefing. “We wish to see sufferers protected. We wish to see hospitals protected. We’ve spoken with the Israeli authorities about this they usually have stated they share that view that they don’t wish to see hearth fights in hospitals.”
Sullivan stated there have been no simple solutions on how Israel pushes navy operations across the hospital, however these had been questions for the Israeli navy and never the U.S.
GENEVA — The Worldwide Federation of Crimson Cross and Crimson Crescent Societies says a race to seek out survivors below the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza has been thwarted by inadequate entry for rescuers, as Israel’s navy marketing campaign within the enclave continues.
Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the Geneva-based humanitarian company, says the state of affairs in Gaza stays “determined.” The Al-Quds hospital operated by the Palestinian Crimson Crescent Societies “was merely closed” on Sunday, he stated.
Whereas entry to bombed-out areas is tough, even the paramedics who’re in a position to get by way of haven’t any entry to heavy equipment like bulldozers that might assist clear floor to entry any doable survivors below the rubble.
“Our colleagues are actually attempting to avoid wasting individuals from the rubble with their fingers,” Della Longa advised the Related Press.
Israel has allowed scores of support vehicles — carrying meals, water and medical provides however no gas — to enter Gaza because the navy marketing campaign goes on. United Nations and different officers say that’s a trickle in comparison with the tons of of vehicles that entered Gaza day by day earlier than the battle.
Della Longa applauded efforts to carry a humanitarian pause or extra support into Gaza, however “we all know that’s sophisticated” — and time is of the essence.
“The issue we’ve got,” he stated, “is that the individuals in Gaza don’t have time.”
JERUSALEM — Households of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza gathered exterior the principle U.N. workplaces in Jerusalem on Monday to demand the world physique secures the discharge of their family members.
A consultant of the group handed over a letter to the highest U.N. official in Jerusalem addressed to Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres.
“We urge you to train your ethical and govt authority as secretary common of the United Nations,” Gil Dickman stated studying out the letter addressed to Guterres.
The members of the family held footage of their family members as they gathered round toddler beds positioned exterior the U.N. compound in Jerusalem.
“I simply got here to ask for the U.N. to assist us,” stated Yoav Engel, father of Ofir Engel, held hostage by Hamas.
“My child is there 38 days and different 238 individuals, infants, youngsters, youngsters, adults, sick males. And nobody know what’s occurring with them,” Engel stated.
Pascal Soto, the highest official of the Workplace of the United Nations Particular Coordinator for the Center East Peace Course of, advised the households Guterres is “doing his outmost” to safe the discharge of hostages and was in talks with completely different stakeholders, together with Qatar,
Israel’s International Minister Eli Cohen advised reporters Monday that worldwide strain for a cease-fire is mounting and that Israel has a “window” of two to a few weeks for continued operations in Gaza earlier than strain for a cease-fire intensifies.
Nonetheless, later Monday, the overseas minister stated on social media that “there is no such thing as a hourglass” and Israel would preserve combating in Gaza.
“Even as soon as worldwide credit score runs out, we’ll proceed to advance our two targets: dismantling Hamas, and returning all of the hostages,” Cohen stated in a video on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Some Israeli politicians dismissed Cohen’s feedback concerning the mounting requires a cease-fire.
“With all due respect to political pressures, our dedication is first to the residents of the south and Israeli civilians who paid a heavy and horrible worth,” Minister of Tradition and Sports activities Miki Zohar posted on X. “We should win this battle and return the hostages residence. Irrespective of how lengthy it takes.”
On the United Nations headquarters in New York and workplaces of the world physique throughout the globe, flags had been lowered to half-staff to honor 101 staff and assist employees on the U.N. company that assists Palestine refugees, the UNRWA, who’ve been killed in Gaza.
U.N. Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres and different senior officers noticed a minute of silence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday described Hamas fighters as “merely savages” and vowed to press forward until attaining “complete victory.”
Visiting fighters of Israel’s Desert Reconnaissance Battalion – also called the “Bedouin Battalion” – Netanyahu stated: “Our partnership is the way forward for all of us towards these savages, merely savages. You might be all imbued with the identical purpose – we’re going to win.”
Netanyahu’s language about Hamas is a part of Israel’s broader messaging that the nation is battling a battle of fine vs. evil.
“There are not any breaks right here, there are not any half issues right here. It’s not an ‘operation’, it’s not a ‘spherical,’” he stated. “We are going to go till complete victory right here.”
Bedouins make up a small group inside Israel’s Arab minority.
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s International Ministry says an evacuation is underway for 69 Jordanian residents residing in Gaza who had been allowed to go away by way of the Rafah crossing on Monday.
A workforce from the Jordanian Embassy in Egypt was on the crossing and was receiving the residents, offering medical help and securing their return to Jordan as rapidly as doable.
It stated 640 Jordanians residing in Gaza are at present registered with the ministry.
CAIRO — The director of the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees says all the group’s support operations in Gaza will stop within the subsequent 48 hours until gas is allowed into the besieged enclave.
Thomas White, director of UNRWA in Gaza, made the touch upon X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Whereas truckloads of medical and meals provides have been trickling into Gaza by way of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, Israel has prohibited gas from getting into. It fears the gas could be taken by Hamas and have accused the militant group of secretly stockpiling it.
UNRWA earlier stated it had scaled again operations attributable to a scarcity of gas.
BRUSSELS — The 27 European Union nations have collectively condemned Hamas for what they described as the usage of hospitals and civilians as “human shields” within the battle towards Israel.
On the similar time, EU overseas affairs chief Josep Borrell stated Monday that the bloc requested Israel “for max restraint in focusing on so as to keep away from human casualties.”
At a gathering of the bloc’s overseas affairs ministers, Borrell brandished an announcement he issued on behalf of the 27 nations as a present of unity following weeks of typically contrasting statements on how the group ought to deal with the Israel-Hamas battle.
Israel says Hamas shields itself amongst civilians in hospitals, and that Shifa Hospital is a primary instance. Israel claims the militants have a command middle inside and beneath the medical compound. It has not offered images or movies to again up its claims though it has shared movies of militants working in residential neighborhoods and positioning rockets and weapons close to colleges and mosques.
Hamas, which is taken into account a terrorist group by the EU, accused Borrell of distorting details. It described his feedback as a “cover-up” for Israel to “to commit extra crimes towards youngsters and defenseless civilians.”
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company says an Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese border village killed two individuals and wounded others who had been inside a house that was extensively broken.
NNA stated the 2 useless and the wounded had been taken by paramedics to a close-by hospital from their residence on the sting of the border village of Ainata.
Within the close by village of Yaroun, a gaggle of journalists had been subjected to shelling whereas they had been reporting on an Israeli air strike that hit a house.
A journalist for Al Jazeera TV was flippantly wounded within the leg, and a car for the Qatari-run satellite tv for pc channel was broken and left behind because the journalists left the world.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Municipal officers in Gaza say sewage is overflowing into the streets due to the dearth of electrical energy, inflicting a well being and environmental catastrophe.
“An entire halt of all sewage pumps, which led to the overflow of sewage within the streets and neighborhoods, is making a well being and environmental abomination and the unfold of ailments,” stated Ahmad al-Soufi, president of Rafah municipality.
“We at the moment are witnessing a deterioration within the environmental state of affairs ensuing from the buildup of waste within the streets, alleys and all neighborhoods and the unfold of ailments and epidemics of every kind.”
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The director of hospitals in Gaza stated Monday that 32 wounded individuals have died at Shifa hospital, the territory’s largest, together with seven sufferers within the intensive care unit.
Mohammed Zaqout stated 36 new child infants haven’t been evacuated from the hospital but and there was no coordination on transferring them. He stated there is no such thing as a place to take sufferers, and referred to as for the opening of a “protected passage” to take them to Egypt for remedy.
Responding to Israeli statements that the hospital had rejected a suggestion of gas, Zaqout stated the Israeli navy provided 300 liters (79 gallons) — “not sufficient to maintain the hospital operating for an hour.” He stated the hospital wants 8,000 liters (2,110 gallons) of gas a day.
Zaqout stated Israel’s navy shelled the oxygen division at Shifa and the hospital is now counting on its remaining oxygen bottles.
He stated 10 hospitals stay in service in Gaza they usually won’t be able to proceed working if gas shouldn’t be introduced in.
BEIRUT — The Israeli navy carried out airstrikes on Monday alongside the border with Lebanon after the militant Hezbollah group fired anti-tank missiles towards Israeli troops close to the tense border’s western sector.
Hezbollah stated in an announcement that it had inflicted accidents. The Israeli navy didn’t instantly remark.
Clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli navy proceed to accentuate within the western and central areas alongside the tense border.
Hezbollah stated it additionally carried out two different assaults on Monday — a rocket assault on the strategic Biranit barracks and an assault on a place focusing on Israeli troops, each within the central sector alongside the border.
The clashes have remained largely contained since they started on Oct. 8, however the Lebanese authorities and the worldwide group try to maintain them from spiraling right into a wider battle.
CAIRO — The U.N. company for Palestinian refugees stated Monday that Israel’s navy struck certainly one of its services in southern Gaza, regardless of sharing coordinates with fighters.
The company, referred to as UNRWA, stated Sunday’s strike brought on “vital harm” to its guesthouse in Rafah, including that no casualties had been reported as a result of U.N. employees left the ability 90 minutes earlier than the assault.
There was no fast remark from the Israeli navy.
“This latest assault is yet one more indication that nowhere in Gaza is protected. Not the north, not the center areas and never the south,” stated UNRWA Commissioner-Normal Philippe Lazzarini.
UNRWA says it shared the coordinates of the U.N. worldwide employees guesthouse twice with the fighters, together with on Nov. 10.
BRUSSELS — Germany’s overseas minister is pushing anew for dependable “humanitarian pauses” within the battle between Israel and Hamas, however is rejecting requires a cease-fire that ends the combating.
Germany has staunchly backed Israel since Hamas’ assault on Oct. 7 whereas additionally pushing for humanitarian support for civilians in Gaza.
Arriving Monday at a gathering with European Union counterparts, International Minister Annalena Baerbock stated she understands “the impetus for a cease-fire,” however questioned how those that search one can assure Israel’s safety in “this horrible state of affairs” and puzzled concerning the destiny of the individuals Hamas has taken hostage.
Baerbock defended the much less far-reaching method of humanitarian pauses, saying whereas it “breaks one’s coronary heart, is from my viewpoint the one doable coverage to actually curb this struggling on this state of affairs.”
CAIRO — Many displaced Palestinians, together with some medical sufferers, have left Gaza’s largest hospital, which is surrounded by Israeli forces, a U.N. well being official stated Monday.
About 650 sufferers, 500 healthcare employees and an estimated 2,500 displaced individuals stay within the sprawling Shifa hospital compound, stated Mohammed Zaqout, director of hospitals in Gaza. This could sign a major departure for the reason that weekend when Gaza well being officers stated about 1,500 sufferers, together with 1,500 medical employees and 15,000 displaced individuals had been at Shifa.
Israeli troopers and Hamas militants have waged heavy battles exterior Shifa, and a few hospital officers have stated Shifa was below siege, with these inside being pinned down by Israeli hearth. Israel has stated it had provided protected passage to these wanting to go away.
The state of affairs at Shifa deteriorated over the weekend, with docs reporting that the final generator had run out of gas, resulting in the deaths of a number of sufferers, together with untimely infants.
The U.N. official stated Monday that lots of the displaced fled the compound and that some households took family members with average accidents with them. He stated remaining sufferers require particular procedures for evacuation together with geared up ambulances to take them to Egyptian hospitals. The official spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of he was not licensed to talk to journalists.
One other hospital in Gaza Metropolis, Al-Quds, was pressured to close down on Sunday as a result of it ran out of gas. The Palestinian Crimson Crescent, which operates the ability, stated Israeli forces are stationed close by and that preparations are being made to evacuate some 6,000 sufferers, medics and displaced individuals.
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Related Press author Samy Magdy contributed.
JERUSALEM — The Israeli authorities has blocked the Hezbollah-affiliated, Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV information channel from broadcasting in Israel.
“Broadcasts that determine with the enemy are dangerous to the state’s safety and must be blocked,” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi wrote in a joint assertion with Protection Minister Yoav Gallant.
Final month, the federal government accepted emergency rules permitting it to dam the wartime operations of overseas channels it deems hostile to the state.
Karhi had additionally pressed to close down the Israeli workplace of Qatar-based Al Jazeera, however Doha is main efforts to launch hostages captured from southern Israel throughout Hamas’ bloody Oct. 7 incursion, and the Israeli authorities hasn’t moved forward on his plan.