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16-11-2023
GAZA CITY/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden says “not realistic” to expect Israel to stop Gaza war, reiterates claim of Hamas base at al-Shifa Hospital but offers no proof.
With the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining, the UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for extended humanitarian pauses in Gaza, but calls for a ceasefire remain unheeded.
Israeli forces launch another raid at the al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City on Thursday, according to a doctor inside the hospital, as Hamas rejects claims of weapons being uncovered during hours-long raid on Wednesday.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against Israel’s ‘misleading fabrications’ about al-Shifa, where thousands are taking shelter.
More than 11,300 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll from Hamas’s attacks stands at more than 1,200.
Media has spoken to Mohammed Zaqout, Director-General of Gaza Hospitals, who is in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
We have lost connection with the medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital
Israeli vehicles and tanks have entered through the southern entrance
An hour ago, we received calls from the Red Cross and UNRWA calling for the evacuation of the 650 patients at al-Shifa Hospital to other facilities.
The patients would be put in tents or in a school near the European hospital.
The European hospital could only take 100 out of 650 patients.
We demand transferring the patients to Egypt because the numbers are beyond the hospitals’ capacity.
Israeli forces are raiding al-Shifa Hospital for the second day in a row after long claiming that Hamas was using the hospital as a command centre.
On Wednesday, the army published a video showing three duffle bags, each containing an assault rifle, grenades, Hamas uniforms and flak jackets that were claimed to have been found inside the hospital compound but, Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, said what Israel showed in the video could easily have been planted by the army itself.
Israel on Thursday raided Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital for a second day in a row.
On Wednesday, Israeli troops had raided the coastal enclave’s largest medical facility, starting at 2am. Israel has long claimed that Hamas was using the hospital as a command centre. The Israeli army has said the raid has helped it find evidence to back up its assertion. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
