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CNN —Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have been battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said, as the number of people killed in Israel’s siege on Gaza continues to rise. Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in the latest offensive in western Khan Younis, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza. Medical facilities including the Nasser Medical Complex, Al Amal Hospital and the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters are located in the area. The Nasser Medical Complex is receiving more serious injuries than it can accommodate, the health ministry said, adding that intensive care units are currently at capacity. Ahmed Naseem, a resident of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis, told CNN Monday that “intense” shelling of the area started in the early hours of Monday.
Persons: Khan Younis, ” Ahmad Al Moghrabi, , Monday, Al, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, , Amal, Khair, , Khan Younis –, ” OCHA, Kamal Adwan, Ahmed Naseem, ” Nassem Organizations: CNN —, Nasser, Al Amal Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, IDF, CNN, Red Crescent Society, Amal, Al, WHO, – Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Health Ministry Locations: Khan, Gaza, Palestine, Amal, Al, – Al Aqsa, Deir El, Nasser,
CNN —Somali authorities have declared an emergency after heavy rains triggered floods across the country that have left thousands trapped and many others displaced from their homes. The heavy rain in the East African country follows several years of drought and successive failed rainy seasons that have triggered a humanitarian crisis. Other regions such as Hirshabelle, Puntland, Galmudug and South West have also been badly hit by the deadly floods, according to the UN agency. South West and Jubaland states are the worst hit by the floods, with over 200,000 people affected in each state, according to OCHA. The agency added that in Puntland, heavy rains and floods destroyed a camp for internally displaced people and cut off electricity and internet connections in the state’s north Gaalkacyo neighborhood.
Persons: El Niño, ” OCHA Organizations: CNN, El, Somali Disaster Management Agency, United, UN, UNICEF Locations: East, Juba, Jubaland, Puntland, Galmudug, South West, Baidoa, South, Gaalkacyo, South West’s Berdale, Somalia
CNN —The death toll from devastating flooding in Libya’s eastern coastal city of Derna has risen to at least 11,300, according to a UN report released Saturday, as search efforts continue. The city of Derna was split into two after floodwaters swept through entire neighborhoods. Derna, the epicenter of the disaster, was split into two after flood waters swept entire neighborhoods. At least 30,000 people have been displaced in Derna alone, the UN said. Almost 300,000 children who were exposed to the flooding due to Storm Daniel face increased risk of cholera, malnutrition, diarrhea, and dehydration.
Persons: Sarah Sirgany, Storm Daniel, ” OCHA Organizations: CNN, UN, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Storm, Ordnance Locations: Derna, Libya
Al-Jamil Al-Fadil, a resident of Tuti in Khartoum, told CNN that projectiles fell on the neighborhood. And in the Kafouri area north of Khartoum, warplanes overhead came under fire from anti-aircraft missiles, eyewitnesses told CNN journalists in Sudan. Food and water shortagesAndou Dieng, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, said looting as well as fighting is continuing across the country despite attempted ceasefires. In the capital Khartoum, eyewitnesses and CNN journalists in the north of the city told CNN that RSF paramilitary soldiers are occupying at least one water station, causing shortages to vital water supplies. More than 2,700 people from around 76 countries have arrived in Saudi Arabia in recent days after being evacuated from Sudan, the Saudi ambassador to the UK told CNN on Thursday.
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