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Special reports: Dec 6 and more,2024: Who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza? & Gazans displaced by war now face a new threat: winter   & There are no <humanitarian zones> or <evacuation orders> in Gaza   & Rooted in this land until death   Previous report:  Muslim charities face discrimination as Palestinians are desperate for aid  &  Cola Gaza Free & The Lebanon ceasefire is a respite, not a solution for the Middle East & "The Middle East Needs 'Women, Life, Freedom'" & Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza Overview special reports

November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024 Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!   TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

December 12 - 11, 2024 Food for thought Algeria's deputy UN ambassador Nacim Gaouaoui addressed the world's inability to stop the war in Gaza: "The price of silence and failure in the face of the Palestinian tragedy is a very heavy price, and it will be heavier tomorrow." and "An Arabic proverb says, 'I was devoured the day the white bull was eaten'". Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

December 10 - 7, 2024 Food for thought: 'The next one' as seen by an Iranian activist cartoonnist and yes, with the fall of assad it most likely is a matter of time before the next ones, netanyahu, khamenei, erdogan and others, will follow. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

December 07 - 04, 2024 Food for thought: Who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza? Well, the answer is up to the acts of the willing to face facts. just read the actual and fact-finding news

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.


No food means death
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Dec 12, 2024
<<Death toll in Gaza keeps rising
Since Thursday morning, 35 civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes that targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip. The number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month since July, according to the UN.
News Center- Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has attacked the Gaza Strip, targeting women and children. 13 civilians were killed and others were injured in the Israeli airstrikes targeting citizens providing aid in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Thursday. Seven civilians, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building near the Abd al-Aal intersection on al-Jalaa Street in the Gaza Strip, the news agency added. 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a house belonging to the al-Louh family in the west of the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month since July, the UN said on Tuesday.
"So far in the fourth quarter of 2024, they have completed just over 151,000 such screenings - out of 346,000 children under five in Gaza. Since July, the number of children admitted for treatment has increased to more than 4,000 per month." >>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-keeps-rising-36157


Jinha - Womens News Agency - December 12, 2024 - (video)
<<RSF: Gaza is the world's most dangerous region for journalists
The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its 2024 Round-up on Thursday, saying a third of the journalists killed in 2024 were slain by the Israeli armed forces.
News Center- The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its 2024 Round-up on Thursday, revealing an alarming intensification of attacks on journalists, especially in conflict zones, where over half of the news professionals who lost their lives this year perished. According to according to RSF's latest information, 54 journalists were killed, including 31 in conflict zones, including Iraq, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, and the region affected by the war in Gaza "Gaza stands out as the most dangerous region in the world, with the highest number of journalists murdered in connection with their work in the last five years. In 2024, the Gaza Strip accounted for nearly 30% of journalists killed on the job. They were killed by the Israeli army." Since October 2023, over 145 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army, including at least 35 whose deaths were linked to their journalism, and 550 journalists are currently imprisoned worldwide, a 7% increase from last year, the RSF said. "RSF continues to investigate these deaths to identify and condemn the deliberate targeting of media workers, and has filed four complaints with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed against journalists." "Journalists do not die, they are killed; they are not in prison, regimes lock them up; they do not disappear, they are kidnapped," said Thibaut Bruttin, RSF's Director General. "These crimes - often orchestrated by governments and armed groups with total impunity - violate international law and too often go unpunished. We need to get things moving, to remind ourselves as citizens that journalists are dying for us, to keep us informed. We must continue to count, name, condemn, investigate, and ensure that justice is served. Fatalism should never win. Protecting those who inform us is protecting the truth." >>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/rsf-gaza-is-the-world-s-most-dangerous-region-for-journalists-36161?page=1


France 24 - Dec 12, 2024 - by NEWS WIRES
<<Israeli forces responsible for a third of 54 journalists killed in 2024: Reporters Without Borders
Of the 54 journalists killed due to their profession in 2024,16 were killed in Gaza and two in Lebanon by Israel's military, said a report from Reporters Without Borders published Thursday. Journalists operating in Palestinian territories experienced "a higher death toll than any other country over the past five years", the report added. Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while carrying out their work or because of their profession in 2024, a third of them by the Israeli army, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Thursday. According to the press freedom NGO, Israeli armed forces were responsible for the deaths of 18 journalists this year -- 16 in Gaza and two in Lebanon. "Palestine is the most dangerous country for journalists, recording a higher death toll than any other country over the past five years," RSF said in its annual report, which covers data up to December 1. The organization has filed four complaints with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "war crimes committed against journalists by the Israeli army." It said that in total "more than 145" journalists had been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the war there in October 2023, with 35 of them working at the time of their deaths, RSF said. It described the number of killings as "an unprecedented bloodbath." In a separate report published Tuesday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reported that 104 journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, with more than half of them in Gaza. The figures differ between the IFJ and RSF due to two different methodologies used in calculating the toll. RSF only includes journalists whose deaths have been "proven to be directly related to their professional activity."
Israel denies that it intentionally harms journalists but admits that some have been killed in air strikes on military targets. <We don't accept these figures. We don't believe they are correct,> Israeli government spokesman David Mercer told a press conference on Wednesday.
After Gaza, the deadliest places for journalists in 2024 were Pakistan with seven deaths, followed by Bangladesh and Mexico with five each. In 2023, the number of journalists killed worldwide stood at 45 in the same January-December period.
As of December 1, there were 550 journalists imprisoned worldwide, compared to 513 last year, according to RSF figures.
The three countries with the highest numbers of detained journalists are China (124, including 11 in Hong Kong), Myanmar (61), and Israel (41).
Furthermore, 55 journalists are currently being held hostage, including two abducted in 2024. Nearly half -- 25 in total -- are in the hands of the Islamic State group.
In addition, 95 journalists are reported missing, including four new cases reported in 2024.
(AFP)>>
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241212-israeli-forces-responsible-third-54-journalists-killed-2024-reporters-without-borders

Hajar Kamal
Jinha - Womens News Agency - December 12, 2024 - (video)
<<Egyptian journalist: Women have an important role in ending current wars and conflicts
Egyptian journalist Hajar Kamal says women have an important role in ending current wars and conflicts suffered by many countries for five years, calling on women's organizations to discuss the effects of wars on women.
Cairo- Women and children are the most vulnerable in times of armed conflict and wars in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria and other countries. They face displacement, rights violations and attacks. Egyptian journalist Hajar Kamal drew attention to the effects of wars, especially on women, and emphasized that wars and conflicts "affect everyone, undermine human rights but women are the most affected as they are subjected to financial, psychological and many other burdens." In times of armed conflict and wars, women face many challenges, she added. "They have to cope with many challenges such as finding shelter, medicine, water, clothing, daily supplies and food."
'Women in Syria experience never-ending pain'
The fall of the Syrian regime has changed the equation, Hajar Kamal said, "Women in Syria experience never-ending pain; they suffer from the loss of their loved ones in prisons and many conflict burdens and rights violations. The stabilizing of Syria will take time. Women have paid a heavy price due to Syria's instability. The Syrian crisis affects not only Syria but also neighboring countries."
'Women's organizations must take responsibility'
Hajar Kamal pointed to the important role of women in change, calling on women all around the world to unite in order to make a change. "They are capable of doing so because they play an important role in the private and public spheres," she said, calling on "NGOs, especially women's organizations to take responsibility for the recent developments and the effects of wars and conflicts on women."
'Women have an important role in ending current wars and conflicts'
Hajar Kamal thinks that protests can bring the wars and conflicts suffered by many countries to the agenda. "An Arabic proverb says, 'I was devoured the day the white bull was eaten'. The situation in Syria, Gaza, Lebanon and other countries has become extremely critical, affecting the whole world. Radical solutions are needed to end wars and conflicts suffered by many countries. I think raising awareness is extremely important and women have an important role in ending current wars and conflicts. Women's movements and organizations and women should unite to end wars and conflicts." >>
source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/egyptian-journalist-women-have-an-important-role-in-ending-current-wars-and-conflicts-36154?page=1

Al Jazeera - Dec 12 2024 - In Pictures - Gallery
<<Israel forces Palestinians in Maghazi camp to flee for their lives again
The Israeli military again orders the forced evacuation of Palestinians after it claimed rocket attacks originated from the refugee camp.
Israel is forcing Palestinians from the Maghazi refugee camp to leave after claiming that a rocket attack originated from the area in central Gaza.
The Israeli military on Wednesday issued a forced evacuation threat to Palestinians from a five-block area in the refugee camp after it said Israel was hit by four rockets. There is no end in sight to Israel's war on Gaza after more than 14 months of nonstop bombardment that has killed more than 44,805 Palestinians. Most of the victims are children and women. The Israeli onslaught in Gaza continues even as a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah was agreed last month and attention shifted to the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by opposition fighters. Both the current and incoming United States administrations have said they hope to end the war in Gaza before Trump's inauguration on January 20.
Ceasefire talks are starting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Past talks have been repeatedly stalled. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire. It also backed the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which Israel has moved to ban. Israel and its close ally, the US, were among only nine countries who voted against the resolutions that are not legally binding, although they do reflect world opinion. The ceasefire vote in the 193-nation assembly was backed by 158 nations with 13 abstentions.>>
Gallery here: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/12/12/israel-forces-palestinians-in-maghazi-camp-to-flee-for-their-lives-again

Al Jazeera - Dec 12 2024 - by Al Jazeera staff
<<Israeli drone attack on Gaza aid convoy kills 12 as hunger crisis deepens
The bombing was the latest Israeli attack targeting security guards escorting humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli attack on Palestinian security guards escorting a humanitarian aid shipment in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, Al Jazeera Arabic's correspondents on the ground and news agencies report. Medics and local residents told the Reuters news agency that at least 30 people were injured, including several in critical condition, following the Israeli attack on Thursday that targeted civilian guards tasked with securing the aid convoy in the southern part of the war-torn enclave. A video clip shared by local Palestinian media in Gaza showed bodies stacked in a morgue that were reported to be the aid convoy's security personnel who were targeted west of Khan Younis. The attack is only the latest by Israeli forces on humanitarian aid workers, convoys and those trying to assist the safe entry of food and other supplies into war-torn Gaza, which is gripped by food shortages and fears of famine in the north of the territory, where an Israeli military ground operation and siege have been ongoing for several weeks. On Sunday night, at least 10 Palestinian people were killed while lining up to buy flour in an Israeli attack on Rafah, which is also in the south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military has yet to comment on its latest reported attack on security guards protecting an aid shipment.
Al Jazeera Arabic also reports that six people, including children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a residential building in western Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday morning, while the death toll rose to 13 following Israel’s bombing of a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. Gaza's Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday that at least 44,805 Palestinians have now been killed and 106,257 wounded in Israel’s unrelenting war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. The latest attack on security trying to protect aid shipments entering the Gaza Strip comes after UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said that it had taken the "difficult decision" to pause aid deliveries through the main crossing into the Gaza Strip at the beginning of December. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said at the time that humanitarian operations had become "unnecessarily impossible" due to "the ongoing siege, hurdles from Israeli authorities, political decisions to restrict the amounts of aid, lack of safety on aid routes and targeting of local police" who secure aid convoys. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country "must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers". On Wednesday, Lazzarini said that a joint UN aid convoy was able to provide urgent food supplies for 200,000 people in southern and central areas of the Strip, after aid resumed to pass through the Karem Abu Salem (also known as the Kerem Shalom) border crossing between Gaza and Israel. With the "political will", Lazzarini said, delivering aid safely to Gaza was possible. "We need to scale up our support to the people of Gaza [and] need all parties to continue facilitation of safe, unimpeded [and] uninterrupted humanitarian access to ensure aid reaches those who need it most," he wrote in a post on social media. Speaking to reporters in New York on Wednesday after returning from the Gaza Strip, Haoliang Xu, associate administrator of the UN's Development Programme, said conditions in Gaza were unlike any he had seen before. "I've been to many conflicts and disaster situations or disasters themselves that I experienced, I can say that I've never seen the kind of devastation that I've seen in Gaza in my career," he said. "What I know is that at least for the last month, no fresh fruit and vegetables have been imported" into Gaza, he added.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/israeli-drone-attack-on-gaza-aid-convoy-kills-12-as-hunger-crisis-deepens

Al Jazeera - Dec 12 2024
<<UN General Assembly demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA
UN members voted overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and in support of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which was adopted with 158 votes in favour from the 193-member assembly and nine votes against with 13 abstentions. A second resolution expressing support for UNRWA and deploring a new Israeli law that would ban the UN agency’s operations in Israel was carried with 159 votes in favour, nine against and 11 abstentions. That resolution demands that Israel respect UNRWA's mandate and calls on the Israeli government "to abide by its international obligations, respect the privileges and immunities of UNRWA and uphold its responsibility to allow and facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance in all its forms into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip". Both votes culminated two days of speeches at the UN where speaker after speaker called for an end to Israel's 14-month war on the Palestinian territory that has killed at least 44,805 people - mostly Palestinian women and children - and wounded 106,257. "Gaza doesn't exist any more," Slovenia's UN Ambassador Samuel Zbogar told the General Assembly meeting. "It is destroyed. Civilians are facing hunger, despair and death," he said. "There is no reason for this war to continue. We need a ceasefire now. We need to bring hostages home now," he added. Algeria's deputy UN ambassador Nacim Gaouaoui addressed the world's inability to stop the war in Gaza: "The price of silence and failure in the face of the Palestinian tragedy is a very heavy price, and it will be heavier tomorrow." Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo, reporting from UN headquarters in New York, said "the message is clear with these two resolutions". "Number one, UNRWA needs to be protected and their mandate needs to be protected and bolstered. Of course, Israel is trying to destroy UNRWA. They've made that very clear for many months now," Elizondo said. "And the second message that it sends is the overwhelming majority of the world is calling for, again, an immediate ceasefire in Gaza," he said.
Israel, US votes against UN resolution
Israel and its staunchest ally, the United States, were in a tiny minority of countries and their representatives speaking and voting against the resolutions at the UN. US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood reiterated Washington's opposition to the ceasefire resolution in advance of the vote and criticised the Palestinians for again failing to mention Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed an estimated 1,139 people and saw more than 200 Israelis taken captive in Gaza. "At a time when Hamas is feeling isolated due to the ceasefire in Lebanon, the draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza risks sending a dangerous message to Hamas that there’s no need to negotiate or release the hostages," he said. In advance of the UN vote, Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon accused supporters of the resolutions of complicity with Hamas. <By demanding a ceasefire today without addressing the hostages, this assembly will once again side with those who weaponise human suffering,> Danon said. While UN Security Council resolutions are legally binding, General Assembly resolutions are not, though they do reflect world opinion. The Palestinians and their supporters went to the General Assembly after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution on November 20 demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire.
The language of the ceasefire resolution adopted by the assembly is the same as the text of the vetoed Security Council resolution, and demands "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire to be respected by all parties," while also reiterating a "demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages". Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said last week, during the first day of debate in the assembly's special session on the issue, that Gaza is "the bleeding heart of Palestine".
"The images of our children burning in tents, with no food in their bellies and no hopes and no horizon for the future, and after having endured pain and loss for more than a year, should haunt the conscience of the world and prompt action to end this nightmare," Mansour said.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/un-general-assembly-demands-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza-supports-unrwa

Al Jazeera - Dec 12 2024 - by Al Jazeera staff
<<UNGA demands permanent ceasefire in Gaza: How did your country vote?
The resolution was approved by 158 votes in favour with Germany and Italy voting in favour for the first time.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The resolution was approved by 158 votes in favour out of the 193-member assembly on Wednesday, with nine votes against and 13 abstentions. Notably, it also marked the first time that Germany and Italy voted in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza. As a result, the United States is the only country in the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations that continues to oppose it. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, but they hold political significance, representing the global opinion on Israel's war in Gaza.
Here is a breakdown of how each country voted in the UNGA in New York City on Wednesday:>>
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/un-demands-permanent-ceasefire-in-gaza-how-did-your-country-vote

Al Jazeera - Dec 11 2024
<<Israeli attacks on Gaza residential areas kill at least 29
Bombardment across besieged territory intensifies and humanitarian crisis deepens after more than 14 months of Israeli attacks. Israeli attacks on the north and centre of the besieged Gaza Strip have killed dozens of people, medical sources say. The Israeli army in the early hours of Wednesday bombed a residential building in Beit Lahiya, near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, which has been under an even tighter siege for more than two months. The attack killed at least 20 people, including women and children, but there were fears the death toll could rise. Local media reports said at least 30 displaced people were living in the multistorey home of the Abu Tarabish family before it was struck. Footage seen by Al Jazeera showed people using their bare hands trying to remove large pieces of concrete from the ruins of the bombed structure. One child's body was removed from the rubble. "This residential building has been turned into ruin. The smoke is still rising," said journalist Moath Kahlout, reporting from the site. "Due to a shortage of rescue teams, the neighbours are trying to pull the dead bodies from under the rubble." Later in the day, another attack on a residential home in the densely populated Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least seven people, all members of the same family.
The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said another two people were killed by an Israeli air raid on a house in Gaza City.
'No letup' in Israeli attacks amid truce efforts
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said the latest deadly attacks come amid "a deepening humanitarian crisis".
"There are no basic supplies available, markets are depleted and the crisis keeps continuing to evolve in a devastating way," he added, all the while there is "no letup" in the Israeli bombardment. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, whose attacks on Gaza over the past 14 months have killed at least 44,805 people and wounded 106,257. Israel launched its ferocious military campaign after an estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during attacks led by the Palestinian armed group Hamas on October 7 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive. The renewed attacks are taking place as efforts to reach a ceasefire are under way in Egypt. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is heading to Israel this week for talks on on a truce deal in Gaza, among others. Sullivan will meet Israeli officials to discuss "efforts to reach a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza, the latest developments in Syria, and for discussions about Lebanon and Iran," National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/11/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-residential-areas-kill-dozens

Jinha - Womens News Agency - Dec 11, 2024 - by NAGHAM KARAJEH
<<Palestinian woman: All I want is a safe place away from explosions
"All I want is a safe place for my children away from explosions," said Ahlam Al-Rifai, a displaced woman facing difficult living conditions in a shelter center built in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza- The ongoing Israeli attacks on the shelter centers, schools and hospitals in the Gaza Strip affect women and children the most. Ahlam Al-Rifai is a Palestinian woman displaced from the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza to eastern Gaza due to the Israeli attack. "At first, I refused to flee despite the intensive attacks on the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The southern part of the Gaza Strip is a place like a "hell" suffering from poverty, hunger and diseases. Due to the attacks, I left my home, my memories, and stayed in a shelter center," she told NuJINHA.
'I saw nothing but destruction'
Ahlam Al-Rifai struggled to survive by finding food for her children at the shelter center. "In the middle of June, I woke up early in the morning. I burned firewood that I had collected to prepare breakfast for my children; however, the Israeli army targeted the shelter center hosting hundreds of displaced people. For a while, I saw nothing but destruction, then I lost my consciousness. When I regained my consciousness, I was lying on the ground with injuries. I heard the cries of my children. My relatives took me to a hospital because ambulances could not reach the center due to the attacks."
"Sometimes I feel like the whole world comes crashing down'
Speaking about the tragedy suffered by the injured, she said, "The hospital was suffering from the lack of medical supplies and medication. One of the doctors apologized for not being able to provide adequate treatment to me. I stayed at the hospital for about 10 days." Ahlam Al-Rifai still struggles to survive in another shelter center, collecting firewood, burning them, cooking and inventing solutions to save her children.
'All I want is a safe place'
The displaced people staying in shelter centers have to wait in lines for hours to get a meal, a bottle of water. "My children always ask me when we will return home," said Ahlam Al-Rifai. "All I want is a safe place for my children so that they will have a good childhood. I think this is very difficult." >>
Video: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/palestinian-woman-all-i-want-is-a-safe-place-away-from-explosions-36150?page=1

Al Jazeera - Dec 11 2024 - by Al Jazeera staff
<<Sixty patients at Gaza hospital at risk of starving, authorities say
Health Ministry warns patients could die from lack of food, water as UN official briefs Security Council on conditions. Dozens of wounded patients at the Indonesian Hospital in the Israeli-besieged northern Gaza are at risk of dying due to lack of food and water, Palestinian health authorities have said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said late on Tuesday that 60 patients were "at risk of death". "The humanitarian situation inside the hospital has become extremely dangerous, as the wounded lack basic needs, which increases their suffering under the difficult conditions imposed by [Israeli] forces," the ministry said in a statement. The hospital is located in Beit Lahiya in the north of the Gaza Strip, which has been under a tighter Israeli military siege since early October. In its separate daily update on the death toll from Israel's war on Gaza, the ministry said that at least 28 people had been killed and 54 others wounded in "four massacres against families" over the last 24-hour reporting period. "A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defence crews cannot reach them," the ministry added. The death toll from more than 14 months of Israeli attacks on Gaza rose to 44,786 people, the ministry said. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during attacks led by the Palestinian armed group Hamas on October 7 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive. The Palestinian news agency Wafa later reported that at least seven Palestinians had been killed and others wounded when Israeli fighter jets bombed a multistorey residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Meanwhile Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for Gaza, briefed members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in a closed meeting in New York on Tuesday afternoon. Speaking to reporters after the briefing, Kaag said she told the council the situation in the Gaza Strip is "a very, very bleak picture". "I've spoken of the inhumane conditions in which our fellow human being civilians are trying to survive, the young and the old," she said. Responding to a question from Al Jazeera on whether the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government could overshadow Israel's war on Gaza, Kaag said she was working to keep the situation in the besieged and bombarded territory "on the map". Kaag also said she discussed with members of the UNSC "our hope for a ceasefire and the unconditional release of the hostages that this would enable, obviously, a further surge of assistance". Her comments came as Israel's Channel 13 reported that Israeli National Security Council ministers have been briefed that Hamas has expressed an interest in reaching a ceasefire and captive deal. Channel 13 also reported that Qatar has been "playing a significant role in negotiations for the deal" after previously announcing it was suspending its role as mediator. Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Qatari Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said "momentum is coming back" to ceasefire talks.
The latest expectations of a truce come as the Israeli military announced it had launched 480 attacks on Syria in the 48-hour period after Syrian opposition fighters toppled the decades-long rule of the al-Assad family. Israeli forces also grabbed Syrian-controlled territory in a buffer zone of the Golan Heights that was established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Damascus, drawing condemnation from countries in the region. A separate ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has largely continued to hold.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/11/dozens-at-gaza-hospital-at-risk-of-starving-to-death-authorities-say

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