Israel has destroyed the cardiac ward of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, while al-Quds hospital has suspended services after running out of fuel, according to media reports. Palestinian Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila says Israeli forces “are not evacuating people from hospitals; instead, they are forcibly evicting the wounded and patients onto...
GENEVA (AA) – European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic has demanded that hospitals in Gaza be protected, calling for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities. “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is beyond words,” Lenarcic said on social media platform X, adding, “I urge the warring parties to de-escalate ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces bombed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza again on Saturday, this time targeting the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), injuring several staff members on duty and putting some baby patients at risk of death due to a lack of oxygen after a power outage. Israeli forces bombed the ICU and the hospital is […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that half of the hospitals in Gaza are non-operational, stressing that the health system in the Palestinian enclave is “on its knees”. “Half of the Gaza Strip’s 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary health care centers are not func...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The electricity was cut off at the Indonesian Hospital in the Jabalia region in northern Gaza, where thousands of displaced Palestinians, as well as the wounded and sick, are taking shelter, according to the Health Ministry. The generators stopped running due to fuel depletion and the hospital was plunged into darkness, i...
ANKARA (AA/AFP) – The Israeli army on Friday struck Gaza’s main hospital Al-Shifa, leaving numerous casualties among the displaced Palestinians taking shelter at the hospital. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli warplanes struck the outpatient building within the Al-Shifa Hospital complex. It added that ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said it could not confirm Israel’s claims that Hamas is using Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza for military purposes. “The Israeli military claims that Hamas has its headquarters underneath al-Shifa hospital, and that Hamas military officials are inside the hospital. HRW cannot corroborate this...
LONDON (AA) – Pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Thursday blockaded the London offices of a defense firm said to be linked to Israel’s military supply chain. “Palestine Action blockade weapons firm Thales’ London offices, disrupting a lethal link in Israel’s military supply chain,” Palestine Action said on X. “We SH...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Al-Rantisi Hospital for Children in western Gaza went out of service Thursday after running out of fuel for its generators, leaving 38 Palestinian children who are suffering from kidney failure in grave danger. “Thirty-eight children suffering from kidney failure are deprived of dialysis services after the Al...
ROME (AA) – Italian navy ship Vulcano, equipped with hospital instruments and operating rooms, has been deployed to the Middle East to receive and treat wounded people from Gaza, the defense minister has said. Guido Crosetto said the hospital ship will first head to Cyprus island and then as close as possible to the besieged […]
