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REUTERS/Doaa... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreGAZA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The boy keeps asking for his parents, and he wants to get up and walk, but his parents are dead and his legs have been amputated. He had severed lower limbs," the doctor said at the hospital, speaking on Saturday as preparations were underway for him to operate on Ahmed. "We are going to carry out lower limb amputation due to severe lower limb lacerations, to the right leg. The United Nations and international aid groups speak of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. "The child not only lost his parents, he lost his legs too," said Abu Amsha.

Persons: Ahmad Shabat, Ahmed Shabat, Ibrahim Abu Amsha, Abu Amsha, Nahum Barnea, Ahmed Zayyan, Ahmed, Dr Zayyan, Israel, Estelle Shirbon, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, United Nations, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Shuhada, Aqsa, Gaza, GAZA, Beit Hanoun, Gaza City, Deir al, Israel

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israeli Military Raids Gaza Hospital After Days of Siege
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( James C. Mckinley Jr. | Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Thousands of civilians are sheltering at the hospital, along with gravely ill patients and premature infants whose care has been interrupted. Fuel and medical supplies have dwindled as Israeli troops drew nearer in recent days. Hamas, the armed group that controls Gaza, has denied that was the case, and hospital officials have also refuted the allegation. There was no immediate information on the scope, scale or timeline of Israel’s operation inside the hospital. The Israeli military said that the goal of the raid Wednesday was not to harm civilians and that their troops were accompanied by medical teams and Arabic speakers.

Persons: John F, Kirby, ”, Biden “, Kirby’s, “, ” Mai, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, Gaza ”, Katie Rogers, Yara, Iyad Abuheweila Organizations: White, Hamas, Shifa, National Security Council, Al, ” Hamas, Israel, Air Force, Palestinian Authority, West Bank Locations: Gaza’s, Al, ”, Gaza, United States

The start of the rainy season and the possibility of flooding increased fears that the densely populated enclave's sewage system will be overwhelmed and disease will spread. At a U.N. shelter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the rain brought dismay for displaced people who woke to find the clothes they put out to dry the night had been drenched by rain. It voiced concern on Tuesday about the prospect of rain causing flooding and overwhelming already meagre and damaged sewage facilities. Ahmed Bayram, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the start of the rainy season could mark "the most difficult week in Gaza since the (military) escalation began." Touma said just a small amount of rain could cause the streets of Gaza to flood, given the sewage system's inability to absorb water.

Persons: Khan Younis, Fayeza Srour, Karim Mreish, We've, Margaret Harris, Ahmed Bayram, Israel, Juliette Touma, We're, Touma, Cross, William Schomburg, Emma Farge, Mai Shams El, Timothy Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, Norwegian Refugee Council, Communications, International Committee, ICRC, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, GENEVA, Israel, Geneva, Palestinian, Gazans

☆ The Israel-Palestine Conflict Has Been Raging for 75 Years - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Dalia Hatuqa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

For the past month, normal life in Ramallah — a city in the West Bank usually known for its young population and its vibrant nightlife — has been brought to a standstill. It’s part of the atmosphere of escalating violence that has killed more than 130 Palestinians living in the West Bank since Oct. 7. But these were usually preceded by times of increased conflict, such as the first and second intifadas, or popular uprisings. In the West Bank, morale is low on the quiet streets. In the West Bank, we look around, and wonder: Could it happen here?

Persons: Shireen Abu Akleh, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Israel —, Benjamin Netanyahu, —, wasn’t, Dalia Hatuqa Organizations: West Bank, Al, National Security, New York, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Ramallah —, Gaza, Jenin, Al Jazeera, West, Israel, Qumya, Palestinian

☆ Israel-Hamas War Biden Says Gaza Hospitals Must be Protected
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The Israeli military did not address specific questions about its actions around the hospital. Credit... Khader Al Zanoun/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesIsraeli officials say Hamas uses hospitals in Gaza, including Al-Shifa, as shields for its fighters, including using vast tunnel networks beneath the hospitals. Israeli troops have reached at least two other hospitals in northern Gaza, stepping up their push to empty the facilities, according to Israeli military officials, as fighting around them intensifies. Image People in tent shelters on the grounds of Al-Shifa hospital this month. The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment about accusations that it was firing on people trying to leave the hospital.

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☆ With 102 Workers Killed, U.N. Agency in Gaza Struggles to Provide Aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ben Hubbard | More About Ben Hubbard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At least 102 workers from the largest United Nations agency in Gaza have been killed in five weeks of heavy Israeli bombing. Most did not die in the line of duty but instead while at home, often in strikes that also killed members of their families, U.N. officials said. Others included school principals, warehouse workers, engineers, a software developer, a gynecologist and a man in charge of staff safety. Of all the places UNRWA works, Gaza is where it plays the largest role, given that 1.4 million of the territory’s 2.2 million residents are registered refugees. The soaring death toll has brought new attention to UNRWA, whose duties not only put workers in danger but also extend across much of Gazan life.

Persons: Juliette Touma, Ms, Touma, “, ” Organizations: United Nations, UNRWA, United Nations Relief, Works Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel

Hamas has repeatedly denied that its fighters hide under hospitals, as have Gazan health officials and hospital directors. Zarquot said “the tunnel they claim to be a Hamas tunnel is actually an electrical wire assembly point. The World Health Organization has recorded at least 137 attacks on health facilities in Gaza, which it said resulted in 521 deaths and 686 injuries. Intense hostilities surrounding several hospitals in northern Gaza are preventing safe access for health staff, the injured, and other patients” the statement reads. Israel has alleged a Hamas center is hidden in the basement there, a claim which the hospital staff and Hamas have denied.

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☆ Israeli minister calls for voluntary emigration of Gazans
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I welcome the initiative of the voluntary emigration of Gaza Arabs to countries around the world," Smotrich said in a statement. "This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the entire region after 75 years of refugees, poverty and danger." Most ended up in neighbouring Arab states, and Arab leaders have said any latter-day move to displace Palestinians would be unacceptable. Israeli leaders have vowed to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages. However there has been little clarity about Israel's longer term intentions, and countries including the United States have said that Gaza should be governed by Palestinians.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Bezalel Smotrich, Smotrich, Israel, Netanyahu, James Mackenzie, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Israeli, Finance, Israel, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States

☆ Displaced as a Girl and Again in Old Age, Palestinian Grandmother Relives the Nakba
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"I was five years old and I remember being displaced. I swear it's the same as what's happening today," said Awad, sitting outside her tent on a patch of sand. Every few years they bring a new Nakba on us," said Awad, breaking down in tears. Let them throw us in the sea, then they can rest without Gaza and the poor Palestinian people," she said. Most people in Gaza are registered as refugees, after they or their ancestors fled their homes in 1948.

Persons: Nidal, Mughrabi KHAN YOUNIS, Abla Awad, Israel, Khan Younis, Awad, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Bezalel Smotrich, Estelle Shirbon, Christina Fincher Organizations: Hamas, United, Israeli Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan, United Nations, Palestinian

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☆ Israel-Hamas War U.S. and Israel Strike Militias Tied to Iran in Reminder of Risks in Mideast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Andrés R. Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“We need to see the following two things,” Mr. Netanyahu told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Gaza has to be demilitarized and Gaza has to be de-radicalized. He said that Israel must maintain security control there “for as long as necessary” and have the ability to enter Gaza at will to deal with perceived threats there. More than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to Gazan health officials. “The massacre of Oct. 7 proved once and for all that in every place that Israel does not have security control, terrorism entrenches itself,” Mr. Netanyahu said on Saturday. Mr. Netanyahu, a conservative and Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has been prosecuting the war amid plummeting approval ratings.

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☆ Netanyahu says he sees no role for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, for now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Isabel Kershner | More About Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“We need to see the following two things,” Mr. Netanyahu told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Gaza has to be demilitarized and Gaza has to be de-radicalized. His remarks appeared to be somewhat at odds with the Biden administration, which last week made it clear that there should be no Israeli “re-occupation” of Gaza. More than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to Gazan health officials. “The massacre of Oct. 7 proved once and for all that in every place that Israel does not have security control, terrorism entrenches itself,” Mr. Netanyahu said on Saturday. Mr. Netanyahu, a conservative and Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has been prosecuting the war amid plummeting approval ratings.

☆ A Hamas leader pronounced dead in 2014 has been living in underground tunnels and masterminded the October 7 attacks, Israeli intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas leader, was claimed to have died in 2014. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Hamas leader who was pronounced dead years ago is now believed to be alive and to have helped mastermind the October 7 attacks, Israeli intelligence says, The Telegraph reported. Mohammed Sinwar, the younger brother of Hamas' leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, was pronounced dead by the militant group in 2014, with the group even releasing an image of him lying in a blood-soaked bed. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe has never been seen in public since he was pronounced dead, and Gazan residents would likely not even recognize him now, he added. Mohammed Sinwar was one of the earliest members of the military arm of Hamas, having previously worked in administrative roles, per The Telegraph.

Persons: Mohammed Sinwar, —, Gaza Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Marwan Issa, Tawfiq Abu Naim, He's, he's, Sinwar, Ronen Solomon, Solomon, Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, The Telegraph, Telegraph Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Turkey calls for international conference to reach permanent peace in Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November, 11, 2023. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that an international peace conference should be convened to find a permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Erdogan was addressing a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, where leaders gathered to urge Israel to end hostilities in Gaza. A permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians depends on the formation of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, Erdogan said. "We believe that an international peace conference will provide the most suitable basis for this.

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☆ Three babies die as Israel besieges Gaza’s largest hospital, health officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Jomana Karadsheh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In a separate statement, the Israeli army told CNN, it would coordinate with anyone who wants to leave safely. Ismail Zanoun/AFP/Getty ImagesStaff and patients trappedAl-Bursh said Al-Shifa Hospital was under “complete siege” with staff and patients unable to evacuate. He told CNN there were more than 100 bodies wrapped in blankets on the ground within the hospital complex. Freelance journalist Mustafa Sarsour, who is based at the hospital, told CNN the conditions inside are terrible. Humanitarian agencies have been sounding the alarm about the situation at Al-Shifa Hospital.

Persons: Dr, Munir Al, Bursh, Ashraf al, Qidra, ”, Daniel Hagari, Cross, Robert Mardini, ” Mardini, “, Ismail Zanoun, Al, Mustafa Sarsour, ” Sarsour, Angelita Caredda, Martin Griffiths, Griffiths Organizations: CNN, of Health, Shifa, Al, Medical, Hamas, International Committee, X . Staff, Shifa Hospital, Health Ministry, Getty Images Staff, Freelance, Ahli Hospital, Norwegian Refugee, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Gaza’s, Gaza, Israel, ”, AFP, Al, Ahli, Norwegian

☆ In Israel and Gaza, Biden Needs to Do More to Build Peace - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

It may not be possible to end the Gaza war this year, establish a post-Hamas peace in Gaza and restart a process to give Palestinians the state they deserve. Biden may be the single most popular person in Israel today, and the United States has leverage as Israel’s most important ally and diplomatic protector. Biden’s forceful backing of Israel after the Hamas terror attack won him enormous gratitude from a people not much used to such unequivocal support. To his credit, Biden has tried to nudge Israel in this direction, as has Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Biden administration has already encouraged Israel to ratchet its assault on Gaza several notches toward the surgical end, by using smaller bombs and allowing humanitarian pauses.

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Israeli tanks and troops have surrounded several hospitals in Gaza, hospital administrators and the Gazan Health Ministry said on Friday. A spokesman for the Israeli military said of the hospitals, “we’re slowly closing in on them” and urged people to leave them. Israel has long maintained that Hamas uses the hospitals as shields, operating from within them, while thousands of Palestinian civilians have taken refuge on their grounds. The chief of Al Shifa Hospital said it was struck four times on Friday, killing seven people, with several others wounded. And we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them.”

Persons: we’re, Al Shifa, Antony J, Blinken, ”, Israel’s, ” Mr Organizations: Gazan Health, Al Locations: Gaza, Israel, New Delhi, Eastern

☆ WHO: north Gaza hospitals are under bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Asked about the Gaza health ministry's allegation of an Israeli strike on the courtyard of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said: "I haven't got the detail on Al Shifa but we do know they are coming under bombardment." She said there was also "significant bombardment" on Rantissi hospital, the only hospital providing paediatric services in North Gaza. Gaza families have been sheltering at the hospital, the territory's largest, which is inside Gaza City encircled by Israeli troops. None of that aid can reach northern Gaza, he added. "If there is a hell on earth today, it's name is northern Gaza," he said.

Persons: Doaa, Israel, Margaret Harris, Al Shifa, Harris, Jens Laerke, Laerke, Emma Farge, Linda Pasquini, Peter Graff, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, WHO UN, U.N, World Health Organization, WHO, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Al Shifa, Israel, Gaza City, GENEVA, Gaza, North Gaza, Egypt, Palestinian

Residents of northern Gaza have used Salah al-Din Road as an escape route to southern Gaza this week during pauses in fighting by the Israeli military. Israel has agreed to put in place regular daily four-hour pauses in its relentless assault on Hamas in selected areas of northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee, the White House announced on Thursday, culminating days of pressure from President Biden as the casualty toll mounts. The White House said a second corridor for evacuations would be opened along a coastal road and that the daily pauses would be institutionalized to include advance notice of at least three hours. Image White House officials announced on Thursday the opening of a second corridor for people to evacuate northern Gaza under humanitarian pauses by the Israeli army. “There is no cease-fire,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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☆ Fact Check: Syria hospital attack footage falsely said to be Gaza 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

(Note: Some links in this story include distressing footage)A compilation of CCTV footage showing a hospital being bombed in Aleppo, Syria, in 2016, has been shared online to falsely claim it shows Israel attacking a Gazan hospital in 2023. “ISRAEL was CAUGHT on camera BOMBING the Al-Sadaqa HOSPITAL,” reads a post sharing the dated video on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Out of the nine clips in the social media video, Reuters found eight in the AMC compilation. The first clip (0:00-0:03) in the social media video can be seen from 0:49-1:01 seconds of the AMC montage. The video dates to 2016, when it was shared after a hospital was bombed in Aleppo, Syria.

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By saying that Israel will maintain security control over Gaza “for an indefinite period,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set off alarm bells in Washington and questions at home. The Biden administration, trying to manage severe criticism among Arab and European allies about the death toll in Gaza — now at more than 10,000 Gazan officials say — was quick to push back. That collaboration helps Mr. Abbas tamp down dissent in the West Bank, including from members of Hamas, while Israeli settlements continue to expand there. After the killing of so many Israelis by Hamas a month ago — about 1,400, officials say — Israel will want to ensure its own security so that such an invasion from Gaza can never happen again. Even then, it is highly unlikely, Israeli officials say, that Israel will ever completely trust any Palestinian or even international peacekeeping force to keep Israel safe.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, —, “, Antony J, Blinken, Mahmoud, Abbas, Abbas tamp, Netanyahu Organizations: ”, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Authority, Mr, Israel Locations: Israel, Gaza, Washington, Tokyo, Palestinian

☆ The Republican candidates rushed to line up behind Israel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The five Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday’s debate stage gave staunch support to Israel’s invasion of Gaza, rejecting pleas to rein in the conflict and calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to destroy Hamas, the Islamic militant group that killed 1,400 civilians and Israeli soldiers in a surprise attack last month. Israeli forces have killed more than 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza in their reprisal for that attack, according to the Gazan health ministry. Ron DeSantis of Florida said he wanted Israel to “finish the job once and for all with these butchers, Hamas,” and denounced critics of Israel’s invasion, saying he was “sick of hearing other people blame Israel for defending itself.”

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron DeSantis, Israel, “, ” Organizations: Republican, Gov Locations: Gaza, Florida

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Says Its Troops Are in the Heart of Gaza City
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The Shati refugee camp in Gaza City was one of the neighborhoods hit by Israeli airstrikes on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of people have remained in northern Gaza despite warnings to move south. David Satterfield, U.S. special envoy for Mideast humanitarian issues, estimated on Saturday that at least 350,000 to 400,000 people remained in northern Gaza. Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam International’s policy lead for the Palestinian territories, said that her in-laws were among the many people who had abandoned their homes in Gaza City, only to return. In their case, the place where they had sought refuge, in central Gaza, received an evacuation order from the Israeli military.

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☆ Bittersweet goodbye for Gaza doctor as family leaves enclave
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Palestinian doctor Mohammad Abu Namoos, who chose to stay in Gaza to treat patients, says goodbye to his family before they leave the strip, amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, at Rafah border crossing, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 7, 2023. Namous' family, who hold Moldovan citizenship, are among hundreds of Gazans with foreign passports being permitted to leave to Egypt through the crossing, the only way out of the besieged Palestinian enclave that does not border Israel. The entire Gaza Strip is unsafe. "Of course, I am getting them out, but I myself will be staying in the Gaza Strip. Abu Namous' daughter, Dina, said she felt both excited and sad at the prospect of leaving.

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Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians and civilian structures including hospitals as shields; Hamas and several hospitals in the enclave have denied that. Since Saturday, Israel has opened up a humanitarian corridor for four hours each day, allowing Gazans in the north to leave for the south. Eyewitnesses described multiple explosions in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning that they said were caused by Israeli airstrikes. Yet Netanyahu insists he will not permit a ceasefire until Hamas releases the hundreds of hostages it still holds in Gaza. It’s not good for Israel; not good for the Israeli people,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN.

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