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☆ Overwhelmed doctors treated Gaza hospital blast victims by performing surgery on floors and in hallways, mostly without anesthesia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hundreds of people wounded in the Al-Ahli Hospital blast were rushed to Gaza's main hospital. Overwhelmed doctors performed surgeries on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, per AP. It's unclear who was behind the hospital blast, with Hamas blaming Israel and Israel pointing to a group in Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementOverwhelmed doctors treating victims of the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza resorted to performing surgery on hospital floors without anesthesia, according to the Associated Press. Due to the severe shortage of medical supplies and available space, doctors had no option but to perform critical surgeries on hospital floors and in hallways, AP reported.

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☆ South Africa says it discussed aid with Hamas leader, denies reports of support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Local publication News24 earlier reported a statement from Hamas that the group had received a call of support from South Africa's foreign minister. It said the Hamas statement did not name Pandor. South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor attends a press conference as BRICS foreign ministers meet in Cape Town, South Africa, June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Nic Bothma/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights"We do not have a bilateral relationship with Hamas... Support for the Palestinian struggle against occupation does not equate to support for Hamas," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. South Africa has long been an advocate for peace in the region, likening the plight of Palestinians to its own under an apartheid regime that ended in 1994.

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☆ GLP-1 weight loss drugs are creating opportunities for these 2 stocks, investment advisor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Developments surrounding the drugs, also popularly used for weight loss, have been disrupting anything from owners of dialysis centers to bariatric surgery providers and the food industry. But one investment advisor, Brian Krawez, president of Scharf Investments, says there are opportunities. "Many investors are concerned about the impacts of the GLP-1 drugs on a host of companies ranging from restaurants to consumer staples. Those mechanisms are the ones that help patients taking the drugs to lose weight and regulate their diabetes. They got roughly 35% market share, but a lot of people don't know the company," he said, adding that specialty pharmaceuticals — including the GLP-1 drugs —account for roughly 35% of the company's earnings.

Persons: Brian Krawez, Scharf, Mounjaro, Krawez, CNBC's, McKesson, It's, —, Christina Cheddar Berk, Julie Coleman Organizations: Scharf Investments, CNBC, Novo Nordisk, Walmart, Unilever, Unilever isn't Locations: GLP, U.S

Andreswd | E+ | Getty ImagesMedicare beneficiaries have until Dec. 7 to change their Medicare health and prescription drug coverage for the coming year through open annual enrollment. Starting in 2024, people who face high prescription drug costs will not have to pay anything out of pocket once they hit the catastrophic phase of their benefits, she noted, thanks to new prescription drug legislation. Notably, Medicare beneficiaries who take insulin currently do not have to pay more than $35 per month for covered prescriptions. There are other reasons why Medicare beneficiaries should pay attention to the annual enrollment period this year. Medicare open enrollment is when beneficiaries can shop around for health plans or prescription drug coverage that better meet their needs.

Persons: Meena Seshamani, Seshamani, Darren Hotton, Hotton, that's, Catherine, There's Organizations: Getty, Center, Medicare, Centers, Services, National Council, Aging, Insurance, State Health Insurance Locations: Catherine Falls, Medicare.gov, ShipHelp.org, Utah

☆ Aid Groups Call for Supplies to Be Allowed Into Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aid groups in the Gaza Strip called on the international community to allow water, medical supplies and fuel into the enclave. People are waiting for the opening of the Rafah crossing from Egypt to let aid into the strip, and foreigners out. MedGlobal, a U.S.-based charity working in Gaza, said the situation was at “breaking point.”

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☆ Listen now: A high stakes trip for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Listen on the Reuters app. President Biden is to visit Israel on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens. Plus, gunman killed in a Brussels cafe, what happens next in Poland, Putin in China. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising.

Persons: Biden, Putin Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Israel, Thomson, WHO Locations: Gaza, Brussels, Poland, China, Israel

BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a south Baltimore incineration plant owned by the firm of exposing the public to biohazardous material. It’s supposed to be burned into ash before being transported to landfills, a process that prevents disease transmission, state officials said Tuesday at a news conference announcing the settlement agreement involving the nation’s largest medical waste incinerator. The fine incurred by Curtis Bay Energy is among the highest environmental penalties imposed in Maryland’s history. Witnesses provided photographs from the site showing substantial amounts of unburned medical waste, including surgical gloves, medical supplies and bedding, according to court documents. In addition to evidence of unburned medical waste, investigators found the company had knowingly installed an illegal pump that was discharging wastewater onto an adjacent property.

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☆ Iran's Khamenei says Israel must halt assault on Palestinians in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023. "No one can confront Muslims and the resistance forces if the Zionist regime's (Israel) crimes against Palestinians continue. "The world is witnessing the Zionist regime's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza," he said to chants of "Death to Israel". Israel, which Tehran refuses to recognise, has long accused Iran's clerical rulers of stoking violence by supplying arms to Hamas. "We must respond, we must react to what is happening in Gaza," Khamenei said.

Persons: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali, Khamenei, Ali Fadavi, Fadavi, Ebrahim Raisi, Parisa Hafezi, Christina Fincher, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Iran's, Iranian, West Asia News Agency, REUTERS, Rights, Revolutionary Guards, Zionist, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, Rights DUBAI, Gaza, Israel, Islamic Republic, Fars

☆ Posting About Israel and Palestine Is Not a Moral Obligation - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Elizabeth Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Sitting with uncertainty is hard, especially when social media has primed us to expect perfect real-time information during traumatic events and to want instantaneous answers and resolution. Knee-jerk social media posts are not what bother me most, though. Instead, it’s the idea that not posting is wrong somehow — that everyone needs to speak, all the time. It implies it’s not OK to have any uncertainty about what’s going on or any kind of moral analysis that does not lend itself to presentation in a social media post. If the destruction of Gaza is not the goal, it is a very real possibility, and that should be equally unacceptable.

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President Joe Biden is expected to travel to Israel on Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – a visit rife with risk and one that projects the depth of America’s commitment to support Israel while underscoring the precarious state of affairs in the Middle East. Biden was originally invited to Egypt over the weekend to participate in a summit to discuss the future of Palestinians. Blinken also announced late Monday that the U.S. reached an agreement with Israel about how to do just that – though details were scarce. The Israel Defense Forces began staging tanks and troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and ordered roughly 1 million residents to evacuate Gaza City on Friday. Over the weekend, Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters exchanged rocket fire that left at least seven people dead, including four members of Hezbollah.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu –, Israel, Antony Blinken, ” Netanyahu, Biden, John Kirby, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Mahmoud Abbas, Abdul Fattah El, Sisi, Blinken, ” Blinken, we’ll, Lloyd Austin, Gerald R, Ford, Dwight D Organizations: White House, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, Defense Department, Lebanon’s, Lebanon . Defense, Israel, Eisenhower Locations: Israel, States, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, U.S, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, Lebanon’s Iran, Lebanon

Israel said it has already struck dozens of military targets, including command centers and rocket launchers, and also killed Hamas commanders. The Israeli military also reported shooting at one of its border posts. Gaza was already in a humanitarian crisis due to a growing shortage of water and medical supplies caused by the Israeli siege. Israel’s minister of energy and water, Israel Katz, said in a statement that water had been restored at one “specific point” in Gaza. Hamas urged people to stay in their homes, and the Israeli military released photos it said showed a Hamas roadblock preventing traffic from moving south.

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☆ Gaza conditions a ‘complete catastrophe,’ official warns as Israel prepares for imminent offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Helen Regan Hadas Gold Nadeen Ebrahim Abeer Salman Hamdi Alkhshali Jessie Gretener Sara Smart | Helen Regan | Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The clock is ticking for residents fleeing south through the battered streets of Gaza after the Israeli military told civilians to leave northern areas of the densely populated strip. Richard Brennan, a World Health Organization official in Cairo, told CNN that 60 percent of those killed in Gaza the last week were women and children. MSF’s Benoit told CNN Saturday there is a serious water shortage in Gaza with many people beginning to suffer from severe dehydration. The agency said it was the first official meeting between Iranian officials and Haniyeh since surprise Hamas attack on Israel that Hamas called Al-Aqsa storm. For days, Lebanon-based Palestinian militants have launched rockets into Israel, leading to Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, including Hezbollah positions.

Persons: Joe Biden, Israel, Jonathan Conricus, “, Mohammed Saber, Salah Al, Deen, Richard Brennan, Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, ”, Avril Benoit, ’, Egypt’s, Sameh Shoukry, MSF’s Benoit, ” Benoit, Said Khatib, Nebal Farsakh, ” Farsakh, Israel’s, Conricus, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, Ismail Haniyeh, Issam Abdallah, Dwight D, Eisenhower –, Gerald R, Ford Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Hamas, Pentagon, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, ”, Palestinian Health Ministry, Health Organization, Reuters, United Nations, Getty, Palestine Red Crescent Society, World Health Organization, WHO, Aris Messinis, UN, Hezbollah, US Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Iran, Lebanon, Al, Gaza City, Israel, Cairo, Palestinian, Egypt’s El, Arish, Rafah, Egypt, Egyptian, AFP, Palestine, Quds, ”, “, Sderot, Syria, Aleppo, Doha, Qatar, Lebanese

The mass evacuation order applies to all of Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. “We will destroy Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday night. In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported 16 Palestinians were killed Friday, bringing the total of Palestinians killed there to 51. ISRAEL URGES MASS EVACUATION OF GAZA CIVILIANSThe U.N. said the Israeli military's call for civilians to move south affects 1.1 million people. An Israeli military spokesperson, Jonathan Conricus, said the evacuation was aimed at keeping civilians safe and preventing Hamas from using them as human shields.

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☆ Egypt Denies Passage of Foreigners Through Rafah Without Aid Agreement
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Saturday. (Ahmed Tawfeq/Zuma Press)Egypt refused to allow American citizens and foreigners to pass through the Rafah crossing unless an agreement is reached to allow the delivery of water, food, medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Egyptian officials familiar with the matter said. Earlier Saturday, a senior State Department official said Egyptian and Israeli officials, working with the U.S. and Qatar, had struck a deal to allow Americans to leave Gaza for neighboring Egypt from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. local time.

Persons: Ahmed Tawfeq Organizations: Gaza, Zuma Press, State Department, U.S Locations: Rafah, Egypt, Gaza, Qatar

"There is an electricity crisis, food crisis, water crisis, a crisis of everything," Eyad Abu Mutlaq, 45, said in Khan Younis in south Gaza, a region filling up with thousands of people fleeing the north for fear of an Israeli invasion. The flood of people arriving in south Gaza after Israel told them on Friday to leave an area in the north has stretched resources that were already strained to breaking point. The United Nations has urged Israel to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, a slither of land with 2.3 million people wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. In its response to the devastating Oct. 7 assault from Gaza by Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israel has imposed a "total blockade" halting food supplies and cutting electricity to Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was making it a priority to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, working with Israel, Egypt, Jordan, other Arab states and the U.N.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Abu Mutlaq, Israel, Philippe Lazzarini, Joe Biden, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Adel Shaheen, ”, Michael Georgy, Edmund Blair Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, United Nations, UNRWA, Gaza Health, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, GAZA, Egypt, Um Salem, Jordan

”We are evacuating, everyone we know is evacuating. I thought we’re used to wars you know, I know that’s such a horrible sentence to use, but I’m 22 years old. They took us out, and they took us — they were like, OK, just run to the nearest hospital, you know. The street was so bombed, so destroyed, endless, you know, you just keep evacuating, evacuating, evacuate, like evacuate and go where exactly? Internet has been cut many times, and during those times I felt that I was completely trapped.

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☆ 'Absolutely no humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza,' NGO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The restrictions "mean that aid agencies can't bring in more aid from outside," one NGO told Insider. "Absolutely no humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza," Ivan Karakashian, the head of advocacy in Jerusalem for the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council, told Insider. Karakashian said his group is currently "distributing what we have in stock and available locally within Gaza, but the blockade restrictions mean that aid agencies can't bring in more aid from outside." AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael cut off food, water, fuel, and electricity to Gaza after the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched deadly strikes on Israel and took civilians hostage over the weekend. He said there needs to be humanitarian corridors and a pause that allows humanitarian personnel and supplies to enter.

Persons: —, Ivan Karakashian, Karakashian, Israel, Ali Mahmoud, Alun McDonald, McDonald Organizations: Service, Norwegian Refugee Council, Hamas, Sunday, Israel's Air Force, UN, Shifa, AP, Islamic Relief Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Gaza City

While a Hamas spokesman told the BBC that Iran did assist in the attack, officials in Tehran have denied responsibility while praising the outcome. "If you had a large end-of-year bonus payment coming your way, might you start spending more money in the meantime? “This money belongs to the Iranian people, the Iranian government, so the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide what to do with this money,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told NBC News. While the Biden administration renewed talks with Iran to reenter the pact, the discussions have led nowhere and U.S. negotiators publicly walked away. Though not believed to be directly connected, some analysts have speculated that the Biden administration move to free up the $6 billion could have been an incentive to continue talking even as Tehran slowed the pace of development of a nuclear weapon.

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☆ 'There is nowhere to hide from the bombs': Civilians trapped in Gaza can't escape Israel's siege
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Israeli occupation aircraft launch white phosphorus bombs west of Gaza City on October 11, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes on October 13, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. watch now"The airstrikes have been wiping out entire families and neighborhoods within the Gaza Strip," Afaf Ahmed, a 21-year-old student from northern Gaza, told CNBC via social media. "He knows that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can't leave." "Before the war, the Gaza Strip only got six hours of electricity on a daily basis.

Persons: Mohammed Abed, Omar, Ahmad Hasaballah, Afaf Ahmed, Israel, Afaf, Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's, Tor Wennesland, Mohammed Ashraf Organizations: Getty, CNBC, Israel, Monday, Palestinian Health Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, World Health Organization, Gaza CNBC Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel

☆ Turkey Says Israel's Call for Gazans to Move South 'Inhumane'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Tuvan GumrukcuANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday that Israel's call for Gazans to move south in 24 hours ahead of its planned ground offensive was inhumane and a violation of international law. Speaking at an event in Istanbul, he also urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through Egypt's Rafah crossing. Two A400M Turkish military aircraft with humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza have arrived in Egypt's Al Arish airport, Turkey's defence ministry said on Friday. Footage shared by the defence ministry showed boxes covered with the logo of Turkey's AFAD disaster management authority. The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday that humanitarian organisations would not be able to assist more than a million people in Gaza.

Persons: Huseyin Hayatsever, Israel, Tayyip Erdogan, Cross, Jonathan Spicer, Emelia Organizations: Hamas, Turkish, International Committee Locations: ANKARA, Turkey, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, Istanbul, Rafah, Egypt's Al Arish

“The fighting has been going on for four days,” Vitalii Barabash, the head of the Avdiivka city military administration, told Ukrainian national television on Friday. Both small arms battles and artillery duels.”According to Barabash, Russia has been “firing everything they have available” at the city in a bid to encircle Ukrainian fighters. They are not human beings, they are titans.”Ukrainian President Voloydymr Zelensky also said his country’s troops were keeping Russian forces at bay. Avdiivka, a city very close to the Donetsk city airport, had already been the front line between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists since 2014. It is seen by Ukrainian and Russian forces as a heavily fortified stronghold, with entrenchments built up over the past eight years.

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The recent attacks on Israel by Hamas have reignited one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East. The surprise assault by the group's militant wing on Oct. 7 left nearly 1,300 dead, mostly Israeli civilians. Within Israel lies the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory controlled by the militant group Hamas. On Oct. 8, a day following the Hamas attack, Hezbollah exchanged rocket fire across the Lebanese border with Israel. In the days that followed, Israeli forces drove Hamas back into the Gaza Strip, regaining control of the infiltrated towns, though Hamas took hostages with them.

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Relief workers warned the health care system in Gaza is crumbling under an Israeli blockade. Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes, which were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Karama area, in northern Gaza, on Wednesday. The Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al Kaila on Thursday called for urgent international help to field hospitals in Gaza. Palestinian officials in Gaza had said two days earlier that the crossing had been closed due to Israeli airstrikes. “They (Hamas) will regret this moment – Gaza will never return to what it was,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said earlier.

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☆ A Palestinian father-of-6 says his youngest kids would scream and cry when they first heard bombs, but now they're 'numb' and sit in the corner instead of playing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Palestinian man says his youngest kids used to cry and scream when they heard bombings nearby. Since Hamas first attacked Israel, Israel has devastated the Gaza Strip with air strikes. The youngest children have not been allowed to go outside, Alareer said, adding, "Not that it is safer inside." "It's usually, in Gaza, 'yeah, he was born after the war, after the second war, after that war, after this war,'" Alareer said. "Here, there is not anything, not enough food, not enough water," Ahmed Abu Artema, another Palestinian living in Gaza, told Insider.

Persons: —, Refaat, Israel, Alareer, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ahmed Abu Artema, Artema, It's Organizations: Service, Islamic University of Gaza, Israel, Israeli Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Defence ministers at NATO's Brussels headquarters watched stunned as their Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant on Thursday showed them "shocking" and "horrific" video from the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, diplomats said. Gallant, who remotely attended the one-hour NATO session, briefed ministers on the attack and showed them what the Times of Israel, which was the first to report on it, called an "uncensored video of Hamas atrocities". In a statement after the session with Gallant, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared: "Israel does not stand alone." On Wednesday, Stoltenberg said Israel had the right to defend itself and NATO expected its response to the Hamas attack to be proportionate. There was no immediate comment from the Turkish delegation to NATO or the Turkish foreign ministry.

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