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October 22 - 16, 2024
"We feel like we're
bodies without souls.
The bombardment was intense and merciless around our
house,
disregarding the presence of children and women inside,"
one northern Gaza resident told Al Jazeera.
"Bodies are left in the streets. They've become food for
dogs."...
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October 18 - 17, 2024
"Third
countries that enable Israel's "unlawful occupation" of
Palestinian territory
and assist it despite warnings of war crimes and
possible genocide in the Gaza Strip
should be considered "complicit", United Nations experts
say...."
and more actual fact-finding
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October 17 - 15, 2024
Food for thought:
As a more than reliable source
(a nazi-camp 'gypsy' survivor)
told me yesterday
israel is heading straight
to become a extreme fascist dictatorship
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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.
Al Jazeera - October 21, 2024
<<Israel’s siege on north Gaza intensifies as thousands trapped
The Israeli military's weeks long siege of northern Gaza is pushing the
area to the point of "starvation" amid unrelenting air strikes and the
mass expulsion of residents. At least 640 Palestinians have been killed
there since the siege began.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/10/21/israels-siege-on-north-gaza-intensifies-as-thousands
Al Jazeera - October 21, 2024 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<As Israel's siege on north Gaza continues, how are people coping?
Israel attacked Beit Lahiya on Saturday, hitting residential buildings.
At least 87 people have been killed or missing, according to the
Government Media Office. Israel laid siege to north Gaza more than two
weeks ago and has been attacking everyone left in the area ferociously
since, resulting in the deaths of many civilians. Here is what you need
to know about Israel's ongoing assault in north Gaza:
What is Israel doing to north Gaza?
Israel launched the assault in northern Gaza on October 6, claiming it
aimed to stop Hamas from regrouping. The Israeli army's Arabic
spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said Hamas had established <terrorist
infrastructure in your region, exploiting the population, shelters, and
health facilities as a human shield>. Israel demanded the evacuation of
civilians from large swaths, including Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit
Hanoon, calling on residents to flee south, including to the already
overcrowded <humanitarian zone> in al-Mawasi. Israel has attacked
humanitarian zones several times, prompting the United Nations to say
repeatedly that no place in the enclave is safe. "We feel like we're
bodies without souls. The bombardment was intense and merciless around
our house, disregarding the presence of children and women inside," one
northern Gaza resident told Al Jazeera. "Bodies are left in the streets.
They've become food for dogs." Rescue efforts in the north have been
hampered by a communications blackout and road obstructions due to the
siege. Meanwhile, the Israeli army released footage showing dozens of
Palestinians being rounded up near the Indonesian Hospital, where many
had taken shelter - people in wheelchairs are seen among those detained.
How many people are still there?
The evacuation order has affected some 400,000 people living there,
approximately 20 percent of the population of Gaza, according to UN
estimates.
Many of them are trapped, unable to leave due to intense bombardments,
Israeli snipers and ground troops. UN human rights chief Volker Turk on
Thursday warned Israel that "any forcible transfer of a large part of
the population of North Gaza would amount to a war crime". Analysts say
Israel's evacuation orders in Gaza indicate that those who cannot, or
choose not to, leave are being considered military targets, with
<evacuation areas> treated as <kill zones>.
What are the conditions for the people in northern Gaza?
No food aid has entered the north since October 2, the UN's acting
under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief
said in a report on Wednesday, adding "all essential supplies for
survival are running out". She warned that while the distribution of
"existing food supplies" was ongoing, these stocks were "quickly
dwindling". The UN's World Food Programme said on October 12 that the
north was "basically cut off and we’re not able to operate there". James
Smith, an emergency doctor who recently returned after working in Gaza,
told Al Jazeera that he joined several aid and medical convoys that
attempted to move from the south of Gaza to the north. More often than
not, we were denied access by the Israeli military manning the
checkpoints,” he said. "Very few UN convoys that attempted to reach the
north have reached. This also, on occasion, meant we could not retrieve
injured and sick patients from the north." The Israeli military has
denied restricting aid supplies, saying that since October 1, more than
9,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have entered Gaza through various
crossings. It said some of that aid was transferred directly into
northern Gaza. The Government Media Office refuted the claim, saying
Israel's "lies" about allowing trucks in are completely false.
How many people has the Israeli army killed?
Israel has killed at least 450 people in north Gaza since it besieged it
on October 6, according to medics who spoke to Al Jazeera.
A major focus of Israeli attacks in the north has been Jabalia, the
largest refugee camp in Gaza. It killed at least 33 people in Jabalia on
Friday.
Are those injured able to get treatment?
Three hospitals remain partially functioning in northern Gaza - al-Awda,
Indonesian and Kamal Adwan Hospital. These health facilities have seen a
massive influx of patients during Israel's two-week-long siege,
according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. On Friday, Director-General of
Hospitals at the ministry Muhammad Zaqout said all three facilities had
been bombed during this latest Israeli operation. The ministry said two
patients at the Indonesian Hospital died due to a power outage and the
Israeli siege, which is preventing medical supplies from reaching them.
Meanwhile, one person was killed and others injured after Israeli forces
bombed the entrance of the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Saturday. However,
despite evacuation orders by the Israeli military, doctors at all three
facilities have refused to leave their patients.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/21/as-israels-siege-on-north-gaza-continues-how-are-people-coping
Al Jazeera - October 21, 2024
<<‘Genocide unfolding’: 640 Palestinians killed in north Gaza in 17 days
Rescue workers banned from accessing besieged areas, making it difficult
to get the exact number of people killed.
Israel has killed at least 640 Palestinians in north Gaza since it laid
siege to the area 17 days ago, 33 of them since dawn on Monday, medical
sources have told Al Jazeera. "Genocide is unfolding in northern Gaza in
its clearest form, in full view of the world," the Palestinian
Authority's Foreign Ministry warned in a statement on Sunday. "The
occupation army is forcing residents of northern Gaza to either flee
under bombardment or face killing in what resembles a circle of certain
death," it said, adding that the failure of the international community
to stop this "war of extermination has emboldened Israel to continue its
deadly campaign". Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al
Jazeera's Tarez Abu Azzoum said civilians in northern Gaza are "trapped"
in their houses amid "a mass blackout". "Food, water, and medicine have
run out," he added. While Israeli air attacks have hit several areas
across Gaza, the concentration of its army attacks remains in the north,
particularly Jabalia refugee camp, Abu Azzoum said. Meanwhile,
Palestinian women forced to flee north Gaza said the Israeli army is
separating and arresting dozens of men at checkpoints. Abu Azzoum said
rescue workers recovered the bodies of five Palestinians killed in the
southern Rafah City. At least 18 others were killed and several people
injured in an Israeli shelling in Jabalia, medical sources told Al
Jazeera. Two Palestinians were also killed in north Gaza's as-Saftawi
area northwest of Gaza City. Reporting from Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza
City, where Palestinian casualties from the north have been arriving
after a series of attacks, Ibrahim al-Khalili described "an unimaginable
situation" with funerals held since the early morning. "People filling
water containers were targeted and killed. In Beit Lahiya, a school
shelter was also attacked with several killed and dozens wounded," al-Khalili
said.
In a statement, the UN Human Rights Office said Israeli forces
demolished a block of homes in Jabalia on Monday, while also hitting at
least three UNRWA schools there. Israel "may be causing the destruction
of the Palestinian population in Gaza’s northernmost governorate through
death and displacement", amid continuous bombardment across the besieged
enclave, the UN body said. Israel's brutal onslaught on the Gaza Strip
has killed more than 42,600 people, mostly women and children, and
wounded 99,800 others since October last year - although the numbers are
likely to be far higher with thousands of victims buried underneath the
rubble. Despite Israel claiming to have defeated Hamas in northern Gaza
and Jabalia in early January this year, it launched yet another
offensive there in what the UN and Palestinian rights groups now fear is
an effort to empty it of Palestinian residents. Humanitarian workers and
health authorities in Gaza say most aid has not reached northern Gaza
due to heavy Israeli bombardment.
Sam Rose, director of planning at the UN agency for Palestinian
refugees, said people in Gaza "are facing absolutely unimaginable
conditions".
They have been going through "12 months of war, repeated displacement,
bombardment, loss of life, loss of property, deprivation and lack of
food and water", he told Al Jazeera from Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
"What we have seen over the past two weeks has taken it to another level
in terms of the intensity of the bombardment and military operations,"
Rose said. "It is very difficult to get a precise read on what is going
on due to the closure and the way the area is strangled, but every
report we are getting suggests the situation up there for the
approximately 175,000 people we estimate remaining is beyond
catastrophic." Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah,
said Israeli forces are "invading homes, forcibly evicting residents".
"People are crying out for help," she said. "[They] feel unheard despite
their efforts to share their experiences online. They record videos, yet
they remain trapped. With no food, no aid, and no support reaching them,
they continue to suffer as the relentless Israeli air attacks persist,"
she added.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/21/genocide-unfolding-640-palestinians-killed-in-north-gaza-in-17-days
Al Jazeera - October 20, 2024
<<Dozens killed in Israeli attack on northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya
Attack levels a multistorey residential building, with many people
trapped under the rubble and rescue efforts hampered. At least 87 people
were killed or are missing under the debris after an Israeli air attack
in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, authorities said. The
overnight raid hit several houses and a multistorey residential
building, known as the Beit Lahiya Project, the Gaza Government Media
Office stated. On Sunday, Gaza's Ministry of Health said 87 people were
killed or missing under the rubble after the attack, adding that more
than 40 people were injured.
Rescue efforts have been hampered by a communications blackout and road
obstructions in the north of the enclave, where a 16-day Israeli
military siege has cut off access to food, water, medicine and essential
services. Beit Lahiya is a city in the north of the Gaza Strip close to
Jabalia and Beit Hanoon. All three cities are severely affected by the
Israeli offensive that has also resulted in severed phone and internet
access. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani
Mahmoud said "the extent of the brutality of the latest attack" in Beit
Lahiya keeps unfolding, "with many people still buried under massive
piles of rubble". "A witness from the area described the massive
explosion resulting from multiple air strikes shaking the very
foundations of the surrounding areas," he said. Mahmoud said large
chunks of concrete have blocked the path to the bombed-out areas, making
it difficult for paramedics and Palestinian Civil Defence members to
conduct rescue missions in Beit Lahiya, resulting in more casualties,
the majority of them women, children and elderly. "More than half of the
people who were killed are, in fact, people who were forced to evacuate
from Jabalia and other parts" of northern Gaza under Israeli siege, he
noted. Also reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary
said, "Civil defence teams are trying to pull people out from under the
rubble, either with their bare hands or with minimum equipment," adding
that they were able to rescue a baby girl from the site on Sunday. Among
those killed in the attack in Beit Lahiya were at least 10 relatives of
Al Jazeera Arabic's correspondent Anas al-Sharif. "Today, while covering
the massacre by Israeli occupation forces in [Beit Lahiya], I was
shocked to discover that one of the homes targeted in the airstrike
belonged to my cousin," al-Sharif wrote in a post on X. An earlier
Israeli military attack in Jabalia killed at least 33 Palestinians.
Residents and medics said Israeli forces have been tightening their
siege on the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest of the enclave's eight
historical camps. Jabalia residents said Israeli forces besieged a
number of shelters housing displaced families before they stormed them
and arrested many men. Footage on social media showed dozens of
Palestinian men sitting on the ground next to a tank, while others were
led by a soldier to a gathering site. The attack in Beit Lahiya came
after Gaza health officials said three partially functioning hospitals
treating severely wounded patients and sheltering thousands of displaced
Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza were now out of service after
coming under intense Israeli fire. Israeli forces bombed al-Awda
Hospital in Jabalia early Saturday and have also shelled Kamal Adwan and
the Indonesian hospitals in Beit Lahiya over the past few hours, Al
Jazeera correspondents reported. Tor Wennesland, the United Nations
special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, condemned the
attack in Beit Layiha and what he said were "horrifying scenes"
unfolding there, adding "nowhere is safe in Gaza". In a post on social
media platform X, Wennesland called for an immediate halt to attacks on
civilians and emphasised the need to protect displaced Palestinians.
"This war must end. The hostages held by Hamas must be freed, the
displacement of Palestinians must cease, and civilians must be protected
wherever they are."
Gaza's Health Ministry on Sunday said at least 42,603 people have been
killed and 99,795 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023.
The figures are likely far higher with an estimated 10,000 bodies buried
in the vast debris of destroyed buildings throughout the Gaza Strip.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/20/dozens-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-northern-gazas-beit-lahiya
Le Monde - Oct 20, 2024
<<At least 73 killed in Israel strike in territory's north, according to
Gaza rescuers
Israel said it struck a 'Hamas terror target.' Prior to the latest
strike, the operation that began on October 6 had already killed more
than 400 people in north Gaza, according to a spokesman for the civil
defense agency. Displaced Palestinians, ordered by the Israeli army to
leave the school in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, arrive in Gaza
City on October 19, 2024 Gaza's civil defence agency said on October 19,
more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory
over the past two weeks during an ongoing Israeli military assault which
has displaced tens of thousands.
Displaced Palestinians, ordered by the Israeli army to leave the school
in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, arrive in Gaza City on October
19, 2024 Gaza's civil defence agency said on October 19, more than 400
Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two
weeks during an ongoing Israeli military assault which has displaced
tens of thousands. Gaza's civil defense agency said Sunday, October 20,
that an Israeli air strike on a residential area killed at least 73
Palestinians in Beit Lahia in the territory's north. Israel said it
struck a <Hamas terror target.>
"Our civil defense crews recovered 73 martyrs and a large number of
wounded as a result of the Israeli air force targeting a residential
area... in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for
the civil defense agency told Agence France-Presse. "There are still
martyrs under the rubble," he added. Bassal said residences of several
families had been hit in the strike, which happened late on Saturday.
Gaza government media office confirmed the toll, saying the dead
included women and children as the strike had hit a "densely populated
residential area". Israel's military disputed the toll figure given by
Gaza authorities. It said its initial examination indicated that the
numbers <do not align with the information held by the IDF, the precise
munitions used, and the accuracy of the strike on a Hamas terror
target.> It did not offer other details as to who the target of the
strike was. Israel, vowing to stop Hamas militants from regrouping in
northern Gaza, launched a major air and ground assault on October 6,
tightening its siege on the war-battered area and sending tens of
thousands of people fleeing. Prior to the latest strike, the operation
had already killed more than 400 people in north Gaza, Bassal told AFP
earlier on Saturday.
Le Monde with AFP>>
Source:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/20/at-least-73-killed-in-israel-strike-in-territory-s-north-according-to-gaza-rescuers_6729894_4.html
France 24 - Oct 19, 2024 - Analysis By Joanna YORK
<<Desperate to protect their children, Gazans turn out for polio booster
shots
Health workers in central Gaza say the first week of a campaign to give
children a second round of polio vaccines has been a success despite
desperate humanitarian conditions in the enclave, as Israel refuses to
confirm a humanitarian ceasefire to allow vaccination efforts to
continue in the north. When health authorities announced Sunday that the
polio vaccination booster would be available the next day in central
Gaza, word travelled fast. On Monday morning, "the clinic opened at 8am,
but people were coming at 7am," said Nahed Abu Iyada, senior health
programme officer with humanitarian organisation CARE, which runs a
health centre in the coastal city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
"Since we finished the first round, the families kept asking about the
second round," she said. "They were insisting to know when the second
round would begin." The first round of the polio vaccination campaign in
Gaza was conducted last month and was widely regarded as a success.
Around 560,000 children under 10 years old got their first shot in
September, according to the WHO. But just a few weeks later, conditions
in the besieged Palestinian enclave had worsened. On the morning the
second vaccination round was scheduled to start, the UN reported that 22
people had been killed the previous night by an Israeli strike on a
school intended for use as a vaccination site in Nuseirat, around 6km up
the coast from Deir el Balah. Authorities forecast that the polio
booster campaign in Gaza would be more challenging than the first round.
But the people of Gaza, battered and devastated after more than a year
of a calamitous war and heavy Israeli bombardments, showed out in force.
Around 181,000 children in central Gaza received a booster dose of the
polio vaccine this week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)
said Thursday, as the first phase of the second vaccination campaign
drew to a close.
'Strong demand for the vaccine'
The UN and health partners in Gaza aim to vaccinate around 559,000
children under 10 years of age with a booster dose of the polio vaccine
over a 12-day period. The campaign began on Monday October 14 in central
Gaza. "It was successful", Iyada said. "In the last three days, I saw
happiness in the eyes of the families when they came and gave their
children the vaccines." In her clinic, two members of staff vaccinated
2,511 children against polio in three days, and gave out 2,106 doses of
vitamin A - generally prescribed alongside the polio vaccine to boost
overall immunity among children.
A total of 148,064 children in Gaza received vitamin A supplements this
week, the WHO said.
"The campaign was well-organised, and there was a strong demand for the
vaccine," said Maram Al Shurafa, who also works in Deir al-Balah as a
health statistician for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).
Al Shurafa's role during the booster campaign included overseeing
vaccination sites, tracking vaccination coverage and gathering data to
assess the effectiveness of the campaign. Her team spent the first day
vaccinating in fixed locations before splitting into mobile teams of two
– one vaccinator and one registrar - to reach more remote communities.
Monitors worked alongside medical staff to help with logistics such as
making sure vaccine supplies were within date and "identifying any
missing children so they can be located and reached later", Al Shurafa
said. Mobile teams in particular faced logistical challenges travelling
between sites "due to traffic and difficult road conditions", she said.
They also had to contend with a lack of general medical supplies. "The
vaccination centres are supplied with only minimal resources, such as
hand sanitisers and gloves, due to the ongoing blockade," she said.
Since September, virtually no aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza to
deliver necessities such as fuel, food and medical supplies.
'No safe place in Gaza'
Vaccinations were given during daily nine-hour humanitarian pauses
targeted in specific regions. But security for staff and families in
Gaza is never guaranteed. "We have protocols in place to protect our
team," Al Shurafa said, "[But] my feelings of safety can vary
significantly due to security issues in the area." At the medical centre
where Iyada works, "we do our best to share our location with the
Israeli side to give us safety for this place because we are providing
health services, but we come to work and we don't know," she said.
"There is no safe place in Gaza." A question looms over whether the next
vaccination phase in north and south Gaza, which is scheduled to begin
on October 21, will go ahead at all. An Israeli military blockade is
underway in northern Gaza, leaving thousands trapped in the Jabalia area
amid increased bombardment and fighting on the ground. Israel has not
confirmed it will respect calls for a humanitarian pause in order for
booster doses to be safely administered in the north.
"We are still unsure of how the polio vaccination campaign is going to
be conducted in the north of Gaza," said Mahmoud Shalabi, MAP's deputy
director of programmes, who is currently displaced in northern Gaza.
"The area is currently a red zone where Israeli military airstrikes,
shelling and the destruction of human lives and infrastructure are not
stopping. I will not send my colleagues to red zones as it is too
dangerous," he added. "We need a ceasefire and assurances that
humanitarian workers will not be targeted. This is more important than
just the polio vaccination right now".
'The situation is dire'
In central Gaza, the success of the polio booster campaign provided a
rare positive moment for healthcare workers. "What gives me hope is how
many people and families want their children to be vaccinated," Al
Shurafa said. "Also, the commitment and dedication of healthcare workers
who are delivering the campaign." But Gaza's healthcare system is in
critical condition. Iyada's clinic received enough medical supplies for
the vaccination campaign, but lacks supplies to carry out its regular
functions providing general medical care, psychological care and sexual
and reproductive healthcare. "We need more and more supplies," she said.
"These hygiene materials are not only for the polio vaccine work, but we
need them inside the clinic for wound dressing and other treatments."
Families who came to the clinic for polio vaccines often raised other
health issues while they were there. Skin diseases are now common, she
says, "because we lack of good sanitation and sewage is everywhere in
and around the [refugee] camps". But staff have dwindling resources to
treat such maladies and few places to refer patients in need. "Most of
the qualified doctors left Gaza and some are inside north Gaza. We lack
specialised services, specialised doctors and highly skilled doctors,"
Iyada said. There are also fewer health centres overall. The UN said in
July that there had been more than 1,000 attacks by Israel on healthcare
facilities in Gaza and the West Bank since Hamas’s October 7 terror
attack in Israel. "Many hospitals and primary care centres are
non-operational. This has made it increasingly difficult to provide
essential services," Al Shurafa said. "The situation is dire".>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241019-desperate-to-protect-their-children-gazans-turn-out-for-polio-booster-shots
Le Monde - Oct 19, 2024
<<The UN warns that Palestinians are enduring 'unspeakable horrors' in
north Gaza
'Appalling news from northern Gaza where Palestinians continue to endure
unspeakable horrors under siege by Israeli forces,' the UN's acting
humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya said on X, Saturday. 'These atrocities
must stop.'
Palestinians are living through "unspeakable horrors" in the north of
the Gaza Strip, the United Nations' top aid official said on Saturday,
October 19, as she insisted that "these atrocities must stop". Israel,
vowing to stop Hamas militants from regrouping in northern Gaza,
launched a major air and ground assault on October 6, tightening its
siege on the war-battered area and sending tens of thousands of people
fleeing.
"Appalling news from northern Gaza where Palestinians continue to endure
unspeakable horrors under siege by Israeli forces," the UN's acting
humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya said on X. "In Jabaliya, people are
trapped under the rubble and first responders are blocked from reaching
them," she added. "Tens of thousands of Palestinians are being forcibly
displaced. Essential supplies are running out. Hospitals, overwhelmed
with patients, have been hit. These atrocities must stop." Gaza's civil
defense agency on Saturday said a sweeping Israeli military operation
had killed more than 400 people in two weeks in the north. Gaza's health
ministry said two patients at the north's Indonesian Hospital died
during a siege by Israeli forces on Saturday, while Israel's military
reported its troops were operating in the area. Since dawn, Israeli
forces had surrounded and shelled the facility, Gaza health officials
said.
'Nowhere to go'
The head of the World Health Organization said the Indonesian Hospital's
generator was hit, leaving it without electricity, "resulting in the
death of two critical patients". "Hostilities in the vicinity of
hospitals can quickly make them non-functional by compromising access.
We cannot request any more loudly: health care must be protected,"
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. He said the WHO was
planning a mission to the north's Kamal Adwan hospital on Sunday to
deliver fuel, medical supplies, blood and food, and to transfer critical
patients to Al-Shifa hospital. "It is vital that Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda
hospitals remain operational," he said, calling for safe and sustained
access to patients and health workers in need, and an immediate
ceasefire. Muhannad Hadi, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the
Palestinian territories, said that in the past fortnight, "Israeli
forces increased their pressure" on the Indonesian and Al-Awda hospitals
"to be evacuated, but patients had nowhere to go". He said Kamal Adwan
was treating two-thirds of the more than 370 hospital patients in
northern Gaza, most of whom are trauma cases, despite the facility
running "critically low" on beds, medicine, supplies and fuel. Since
Friday, an urgent request from the UN to access north Gaza to help in
rescuing "dozens of injured people trapped in rubble remains unfulfilled
by Israeli forces". "Every minute counts and these delays are
life-threatening," he said.
'Collective punishment'
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) also called on Israeli
forces "to immediately stop their attacks on hospitals in north Gaza".
"This is purely and simply a collective punishment imposed on
Palestinians in Gaza, who must choose between being forcibly displaced
from the north or killed. We fear that this will not stop," said Anna
Halford, MSF's emergency coordinator in Gaza. "Israel's allies bear a
heavy responsibility for this dire situation, caused by their unwavering
support for the war," she added. The conflict was sparked by the
unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel last year that resulted in the
deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of
official Israeli figures. Israel's campaign to crush Hamas and bring
back the hostages taken has killed 42,519 people in Gaza, mostly
civilians, according to data from the health ministry in the Hamas-run
territory, figures the UN considers reliable.>>
Source:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/19/the-un-warns-that-palestinians-are-enduring-unspeakable-horrors-in-north-gaza_6729886_4.html
Al Jazeera - October 19, 2024
<<Is the Western push for a post-war Gaza hasty and unrealistic?
World leaders examine the future of Gaza after Israel's killing of Hamas
leader Yahya Sinwar.>>
Read more and view video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/10/19/the-israeli-mythmaking-of-yahya-sinwar
Al Jazeera - October 19, 2024
<<The Israeli mythmaking of Yahya Sinwar>>
Read more and view video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/10/19/the-israeli-mythmaking-of-yahya-sinwar
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CPJ - October 16, 2024
<<Press freedom groups demand Israel authorizes medical evacuation of 2
Al Jazeera journalists
Three leading press freedom organizations, the Committee to Protect
Journalists (CPJ), Free Press Unlimited (FPU), and Reporters Without
Borders (RSF), on Tuesday, October 15, urgently called on the Israeli
military office responsible for humanitarian coordination, known as
COGAT, to authorize the evacuation of two critically wounded journalists
who require immediate, lifesaving medical treatment. The letter, a rare
public plea, follows frustrated diplomatic efforts and direct appeals to
COGAT by the three organizations since the journalists - Ali Al-Attar
and Fadi Al Wahidi, camera operators for Al Jazeera - sustained severe
injuries while working in Gaza last week. In the letter, the
organizations called for expedited approval for the journalists' medical
evacuation to Jordan or Qatar.
"The Israeli military's duty under international humanitarian law is to
protect civilians, including journalists, and to ensure the wounded
receive timely medical assistance," the organizations wrote. "Targeting
journalists is a clear violation of international law relating to
situations of armed conflict. We respectfully ask for your immediate
intervention to facilitate the necessary permissions for this
evacuation."
Read the full letter here.: >>
https://cpj.org/2024/10/press-freedom-groups-demand-israel-authorizes-medical-evacuation-of-2-al-jazeera-journalists/
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