from thefreeonline (on 9th Nov 23 at 14:00 GMT) by Al Jazeera Live Blog
Update from spokesperson of Gaza’s health ministry
[Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]
Ashraf al-Qudra has just finished his daily briefing from outside al-Shifa Hospital.
Here are some of the things he said:
- Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza has run out of fuel and shut down its key operations.
- An overnight Israeli bombardment on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north and Sabra in western Gaza has killed dozens.To the north, the Jabalia refugee camp was targeted multiple times and 30 people were reported killed in the early hours of this morning.
- The Israeli army has escalated its targeting of medical personnel in Gaza
- Historic ERxodusThousands stream out of northern Gaza. Photos show thousands of civilians streaming out of northern Gaza after the Israeli army announced another four-hour evacuation corridor along Salah al-Din Road earlier today. But with south Gaza already bursting they have nowhere to go. And with Israel flattening their homes, nowhere to return.
- All services at al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital and al-Nasr Hospital have ceased
- 900,000 residents of Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip are left without shelter, medicine or protection
- The process of evacuating the wounded from Gaza hospitals outside the Strip through the Rafah crossing is still going very slowly
- So far, only 99 wounded have been removed through the Rafah crossing, which is not proportional to the tens of thousands of serious cases for which treatment is not available
- The US House last Thursday passed a bill to provide Israel with $14.3 billion more in military aid, a strong show of support for the Israeli massacre in Gaza, which has killed over 10,000 people so far, including over 4000 innocent children. However the bill is delayed by political infighting.
- We urgently demand the immediate provision of a safe humanitarian route for the entry of medical supplies and fuel and the exit of thousands of wounded
- Israel uses starvation as a weapon against the wounded and sick in hospitals
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Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that the death toll in the Jenin refugee camp has increased to nine in their wake. Witnesses in Jenin are reporting explosions, at least five in the last half hour alone, and attribute them to armed Israeli drones.
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When her home was partially destroyed by an Israeli air raid, she thought the doll was lost, but managed to spot her light blue dress under the debris.
She dug her out, dusted her off and insisted on bringing her to the hospital.
Read our story here.
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