Israel has turned the hospital complicated “right into a army barracks and put it out of service,” Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Gaza Well being Ministry, mentioned in a Sunday assertion, including that 25 medical employees remained there. Electrical energy and water are minimize off from the complicated, he mentioned, including that the dearth of oxygen has led to the deaths of seven sufferers. The Washington Put up couldn’t independently confirm these claims.
In a Sunday assertion, the IDF mentioned it was “persevering with to function” in Nasser Hospital and areas close to it in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. It mentioned it killed a number of militants by tank and aerial strikes and located weapons through the operation, now in its fourth day.
Israeli forces arrested greater than 150 folks on the southern Gaza hospital, Israeli army radio reported Sunday. On Saturday, Gaza’s Well being Ministry mentioned “massive numbers” of medical and administrative employees on the hospital have been amongst these arrested.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned additional negotiations over a cease-fire to launch hostages from Gaza have been pointless given what he known as Hamas’s “delusional calls for,” which embody Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and the discharge of Palestinians from Israeli prisons. “Clearly, we won’t conform to them,” he mentioned Saturday.
Diplomats mentioned the negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the USA proceed. One Israeli conversant in the dialogue, who spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to touch upon it, mentioned Netanyahu’s public statements didn’t imply he has blocked Israeli negotiators from participating behind the scenes.
President Biden has had “a number of calls” with Netanyahu and leaders of Egypt and Qatar within the hope of bringing a “sustainable decision” to the battle, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, mentioned in a assertion. The replace got here in response to a U.N. Safety Council decision drafted by Algeria that known as for a right away cease-fire. She mentioned that if the decision have been to come back up for a vote, Washington wouldn’t assist it.
Relations of Israeli hostages held protests in Tel Aviv for a second evening on Saturday to put stress on Netanyahu after he pulled his staff out of cease-fire negotiations in Cairo on Wednesday.
Pope Francis met the president of the Palestine Crimson Crescent Society, the group mentioned Saturday, sharing a video of the assembly. Younis Al Khatib briefed the pope in regards to the “catastrophic humanitarian circumstances” for civilians in Gaza and the group’s efforts to supply reduction, its assertion mentioned.
At the very least 28,985 folks have been killed and 68,883 injured in Gaza because the struggle started, the Gaza Well being Ministry mentioned Sunday. Israel estimates about 1,200 folks have been killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault and says at the very least 235 of its troops have been killed since its offensive in Gaza started.