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☆ Rafah crossing to re-open to limited number of evacuees
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Family members carry their luggage as Palestinians, including foreign passport holders, wait at Rafah border crossing after evacuations were suspended following an Israeli strike on an ambulance, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 5, 2023. The flow of aid trucks, which also enter through the crossing has slowed, Egyptian sources say. Three Egyptian security sources said that Egypt was seeking guarantees for the safety of ambulances used for evacuations, including escorts from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Two security sources said Egypt was also seeking to increase the amount of aid flowing into Gaza, including fuel, which Israel has thus far refused to allow. An Egyptian security source and a medical source said that 30 injured Gazans and 55 Egyptians were expected to be evacuated on Sunday, along with an unspecified number of foreign passport holders and dependents.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Gazans, Nidal Al, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Yusri Mohamed, Nafisa Eltahir, David Goodman, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS, International Committee, ICRC, UN, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Rafah, Gaza, GAZA, CAIRO, Egypt, Israel, Mughrabi, Cairo, Ismailia

Palestinians check the damages after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. "The ambulance was shaking so much," he said of the terrifying Israeli air strikes on Friday that hit around him and his charges from al-Shifa Hospital. Ashraf, a resident of Gaza City sheltering in al-Shifa for three weeks with his wife and four children, said he ran outside when the ambulance convoy was hit. "At the door of the hospital I saw the ambulance that was hit and people scattered nearby, wounded, and many were dead. If they hit ambulances there is no safe place anymore."

Persons: Mohammed Al, Masri, Abdelsalam Barakat, Barakat, Mohammad Abu Selmeyah, disinfecting, Ashraf, Nidal al, Estelle Shirbon, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS, Shifa, Hamas, Gaza Health Ministry, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Health, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Israel, GAZA, Gaza, al, Egypt

In some hospitals, patients arriving in cardiac arrest are not resuscitated, because medical staff choose to work on patients with a greater chance of survival instead. On top of all those challenges, the hospitals have become temporary orphanages, too, according to the medical workers. The medical staff have cared for some of the children until a relative can come to take them. Doctors in two hospitals in Gaza said that, with nothing to power air-conditioners, the heat has gotten bad enough that it is making patients’ wounds fester. Medical staff need their diminishing fuel stocks to light up operating rooms instead.

Persons: Najjar, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Abu Salmiya, Nir, fester, Kamal Adwan Organizations: Anesthesia, World Health Organization, Medical, Ambulance Locations: Gaza, Al Shifa, Gaza City, Egypt, Israeli

A spokesman for the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Israeli forces had struck the camp overnight, killing at least 47 people. In a separate attack, 21 Palestinians from one family, including women and children, were killed in strikes overnight, the health ministry said. 'NO WORDS'"We demand that you stop them from committing these crimes immediately," Abbas told Blinken, urging an "immediate ceasefire" from Israel. The Palestinian health ministry said three Palestinians were killed in the incident, which it described as clashes with Israeli forces. Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, the ministry said.

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BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening killed four civilians, including a woman and three children, raising the likelihood of a dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. One woman and three girls, ages 10, 12 and 14 were killed, and others were wounded, it said. Shortly after the Israeli strike, Hezbollah said its fighters had fired Grad rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel in response. Local media reported that the rockets landed in the Israeli border towns of Metula and Kiryat Shmona. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee tweeted that one Israeli was also killed Sunday in a strike launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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☆ Live updates: Israel admits airstrike on ambulance in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Chris Lau | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. But Samuel and her friend didn’t want to take any chances, so they started running. Panicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Others were also hiding behind the trees, “trying not to breathe,” she said. “I saw Hamas take a bunch of people and went to their commander, and asked if to kill them or to take them,” she said.

Persons: Aliza Samuel, Rebecca Wright, Samuel, didn’t, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Nova Music, Hamas Locations: Israel, Re’im, Gaza, Panicking

RAMLA, Israel (AP) — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country's new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Shiner said the center provided tens of thousands of units of blood in the days that followed the Hamas attacks. The new steel and concrete 51,000-square-meter (550,000-square-foot) building processes all of Israel’s donated blood. In early October, the center received 5,000 units of blood in one day — five times more than usual, said its staff. “During war, blood is part of the resuscitation process and the idea is to have a stock, to be able to give blood as soon as it’s needed,” said Guillemette Thomas, the medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders.

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Arab foreign ministers Saturday to find ways to ease Gaza’s growing humanitarian crisis. GAZA CITY FIGHTINGIsraeli troops have been tightening their encirclement of Gaza City, the main focus of the military's campaign to crush Hamas. The Israeli military said its aircraft hit an ambulance Friday that Hamas fighters were using to carry weapons. Al-Qidra said a convoy of ambulances left Shifa carrying wounded people to Rafah when a strike hit a vehicle on the edges of Gaza City. The overall toll is likely to rise dramatically as the assault on densely built-up Gaza City continues.

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☆ US, Arab Leaders to Meet Over Gaza as Palestinian Deaths Mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Civilians in the area are repeatedly called upon to evacuate southwards for their own safety," the military said. Israel has accused Hamas of concealing command centres and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa, something Hamas and the hospital denies. Food is scarce, residents have resorted to drinking salty water, medical services are collapsing and Gaza health officials say more than 9,250 Palestinians have been killed. "Whoever wants to prevent a regional war, and I am talking to the Americans, must quickly halt the aggression on Gaza." Hezbollah and other state and non-state actors should not try to take advantage of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the spokesperson said.

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☆ Israeli military says hit an ambulance being used by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday that one of its aircraft hit an ambulance which soldiers assessed was being used by a Hamas unit close to their position in the battle zone. It said a number of Hamas fighters were killed in the strike and said it had information that Hamas used ambulances to transport fighters and weapons. Reporting by James Mackenzie; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: James Mackenzie, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Thomson

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel, November 3, 2023. Its military cut the north off this week and said on Thursday it had encircled Gaza City and Jabalia camp while continuing to bomb sites across the south. Citing those strikes and fears that they would not be allowed back home later, many residents of Gaza City have refused to leave. On the shore at Deir al-Balah, between Gaza City and the main southern city Khan Younis, a group of children were filling containers with sea water. Israel says it has turned water supplies back on in southern Gaza after initially cutting them off.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Abu Abdallah, Israel, Khan Younis, We've, Hussein, Hassan Zain al, Din, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Gaza, Health, Reuters, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, GAZA, Gaza City, Jabalia, Beit Lahiya, Rafah, Egypt, Deir, Nadi, Khan

☆ Israel strikes ambulance in Gaza City, many reported killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

GAZA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Israel struck an ambulance in Gaza City on Friday that it said was carrying militants, but which health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave said was evacuating wounded people from the besieged north to the south of the territory. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the health ministry in Gaza, said the ambulance was part of a convoy that Israel targeted leaving al-Shifa Hospital, adding that "a big number" were killed and wounded but without giving figures. Qidra said Israel had targeted the convoy of ambulances in more than one location, including at al-Shifa Hospital gate and at Ansar Square a kilometer (0.6 miles) away. [1/4]Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. Hamas and al-Shifa hospital authorities have denied the facility is used as a base by militant fighters.

Persons: Ashraf al, Qidra, Israel, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Anas, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Alison Williams, Alistair Bell, Sandra Maler Organizations: Shifa, Health, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, Shifa, Egypt, al

Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. Israel has accused Hamas of concealing command centres and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa, something Hamas and the hospital denies. Blinken on Saturday will meet with the Saudi, Qatari, Emirati and Egyptian foreign ministers as well as Palestinian representatives in Amman, the Jordanian foreign ministry said. "Whoever wants to prevent a regional war, and I am talking to the Americans, must quickly halt the aggression on Gaza." Hezbollah and other state and non-state actors should not try to take advantage of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the spokesperson said.

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CNN —Israel has claimed responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the enclave, which witnesses say killed and wounded dozens of people. Israel said it had targeted the ambulance because it was being used by Hamas, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, who was at Al-Shifa Hospital, said that Israel was responsible for the attack. Blood is splattered on the side of an ambulance after an Israeli airstrike outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on November 3. “When the ambulances moved towards the south, the occupation [Israel] targeted the ambulances in multiple locations, including on the gate of Al-Shifa medical compound,” he said.

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These student doctors, nurses and physician assistants are the front line of health care for asylum-seekers in the nation’s third-largest city, filling a gap in Chicago’s haphazard response. “My team is a team that shouldn’t have to exist, but it does out of necessity,” said Sara Izquierdo, a University of Illinois Chicago medical student who helped found the group. Political Cartoons View All 1230 ImagesIzquierdo noted the medical care gap months ago, consulted experienced doctors and designed a street-medicine model tailored to migrants' medical needs. The migrants’ health problems tend to be related to their journey or living in crowded conditions. “You’re not going to tell a person who has gone through this journey to stop smoking,” said Ruben Santos, a Rush University medical student.

Persons: “, ”, Sara Izquierdo, we’re, I’m, Greg Abbott, Izquierdo, Abrahan Balizario, wasn’t, Miriam Guzman, Brandon Johnson, Rey Wences Najera, “ You’re, Ruben Santos, Moises Hidalgo, He’s, “ I’ve, Muftawu, Deen Iddrisu, Melissa Perez Winder, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: CHICAGO, University of Illinois Chicago, Texas Gov, Hygiene, UIC, Rush University, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Press, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AP Locations: Chicago, Peru, Venezuela, U.S, Hidalgo, Illinois, Ghana, Cuba

☆ Gaza humanitarian crisis: What is the current situation?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here is a rundown of what some U.N. agencies call a "humanitarian catastrophe" enveloping the tiny Hamas-ruled enclave of 2.3 million people. Since limited deliveries resumed on Oct. 21, at least 450 trucks have entered Gaza carrying food, water and health supplies. FOOD AND WATERGaza residents are facing severe water shortages. The only functioning mill in Gaza remains unable to grind wheat due to a lack of electricity and fuel, OCHA said, and eleven bakeries have been hit in the conflict. The U.N. aid chief said 'some progress' had been made in talks on letting fuel into Gaza, although no shipments have been confirmed.

Persons: Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, OCHA, Emma Farge, Toby Chopra Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, UNRWA, World Health Organization, WHO, Indonesian, United Nations, Israel, Food, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Rafah, Egypt

☆ I volunteered in Ukraine when Russia invaded and in Israel when Hamas attacked. In Ukraine, I saved lives. In Israel, I collected bodies.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Alisa Shodiyev Kaff | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Dyksztejn was living in Kyiv when Russia invaded and vacationing in Israel when Hamas attacked. Dyksztejn volunteered with ZAKA in both the Ukraine and Israel wars. My husband and I spoke a lot of languages and it was mostly tourists in Ukraine asking for help. When the war in Ukraine started, we were in Kyiv. The main difference between Israel and Ukraine was that in Ukraine, I helped rescue people who were still alive.

Persons: Valerie Dyksztejn, Dyksztejn, —, ZAKA, Bet Shemesh, Shemesh, Alisa Shodiyev Kaff Organizations: Hamas, Service, ZAKA, Barzilai, Gaza Health Ministry, they'll Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Russia, Israel, Ukraine, Dyksztejn, Gaza, Belgian, Antwerp, Belgium, Moldova, Bet Shemesh, Bet, Israel's Jerusalem, Ashkelon

On Tuesday an Israeli strike at the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza killed dozens of people according to hospital authorities, leaving a moonscape of craters. In Khan Younis, Farida Abu Azzam was taking her husband to hospital for his cancer treatment. In a shelter for displaced people in a U.N. school in Khan Younis, Salwa Najar stood by her son Majed's bedside, wiping his face. A cousin had taken them to Hilal Hospital in Khan Younis, the biggest city in the southern part of the tiny enclave. "Gaza hospitals are crowded with injured people who are filling the hospital beds," she said.

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The Hamas-run government said airstrikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known. The toll from Tuesday's strikes was also unknown, though the director of a nearby hospital said hundreds were killed or wounded. Dozens of people could be seen entering the Rafah crossing — the only one currently operating — and ambulances carrying wounded Palestinians exited on the Egyptian side. Egypt had earlier said that more than 80 Palestinians — out of many thousands wounded in the war — would also be brought in for treatment. Over 1,400 people have died on the Israeli side, mainly civilians killed during Hamas’ initial attack, also an unprecedented figure.

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An airstrike that Israel said was targeting Hamas militants caused widespread damage in a densely populated neighborhood of Gaza on Tuesday. Hamas and hospital officials said numerous people were killed and wounded, as humanitarian organizations warned that the territory’s civilian population was at a breaking point. Hamas, the armed group that controls Gaza, and local doctors said hundreds of people had been wounded or killed at the Jabaliya refugee camp. Independent verification of the claim was not possible, but Israel itself described the strike as a “wide-scale” attack. The military claimed that an “underground terror infrastructure” — Hamas has built and extensive network of tunnels under the territory — had collapsed.

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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground troops battled Hamas militants across northern Gaza and attacked underground compounds. Larger ground operations have been launched north and east of Gaza City. Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, called Gaza City the “center of gravity of Hamas" but said strikes continue in other parts of the territory. Hamas released its own video showing what it said was a battle in northern Gaza on Sunday. Zaki Abdel-Hay, a Palestinian living a few minutes' walk from the road south of Gaza City, said people are afraid to use it.

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☆ Why Israel showed searing images of the Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It begins on that early Saturday morning, October 7, as Hamas militants pile into the back of white pickup trucks while the sun is still rising, AK-47s slung around their chests. Israeli officials explained they are not releasing the video publicly out of respect for the victims. In another scene from the video, two Hamas militants enter a kibbutz. In the three weeks since the attack, Israel has bombed Gaza constantly from the skies. Israeli officials say the country is targeting Hamas militants and their strategic locations, which officials say are embedded among the civilian population.

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☆ At least 28 dead, 18 missing after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] An ambulance drives out of the Kostenko coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau as rescue operation continues following a mine fire, in Karaganda, Kazakhstan October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Suspected methane blast, company saysSome 206 of 252 people evacuatedPresident declares Oct 29 national day of mourningGovernment, company say working to nationalise the firmALMATY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - At least 28 people have died and 18 remain missing after a mine fire in Kazakhstan, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Saturday. Operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau (MT.LU), the local unit of the Luxembourg-based steelmaker, said 206 of 252 people at the Kostenko mine had been evacuated after what appeared to be a methane blast. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who expressed condolences to the victims' families and declared a national day of mourning on Oct. 29, ordered his cabinet to stop investment cooperation with ArcelorMittal Temirtau. "ArcelorMittal is committed to completing this transaction as soon as possible in order to minimise disruption to the greatest extent possible."

Persons: ArcelorMittal Temirtau, Stringer, ArcelorMittal, Kassym, Tokayev, Roman Sklyar, Olzhas, William Mallard, Jason Neely Organizations: REUTERS, Ministry, Emergency, Kazakh, Thomson Locations: Karaganda, Kazakhstan, ALMATY, Luxembourg, Republic of Kazakhstan

☆ Blackout disconnects bombarded Gazans from world and each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Smoke rises over Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, in southern Israel October 28. If you are struck, whatever happens, you can't communicate with anyone," said Plestia Alaqad, a freelance journalist in Gaza. "I'm supposed to tell the world what is going on, well I am in Gaza and I don't know what is going on. The Palestinian health ministry said on Saturday 7,650 people had been killed and 19,450 injured in Gaza since Israel's bombardment began. Reporting by Henriette Chacar in Jerusalem and Estelle Shirbon in London; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ A pro-Russian former Ukrainian lawmaker who was lined up to be Putin's puppet leader in Kyiv was shot in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Ukrainian lawmaker Oleg Tsaryov, 53, was shot in Crimea. He was thought to be in line to lead a puppet government for Vladimir Putin in Kyiv. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA former Ukrainian lawmaker who was tipped to be in line to lead a puppet government in Ukraine for Russian President Vladimir Putin was shot in Crimea.

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