Nov 19 Analysis: How bad is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war? By Christina Bouri, Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations Calls for a cease-fire are rising worldwide as the war between Israel and Hamas further exacerbates the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Continue reading
Nov 19 Premature babies evacuated from Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza, trauma patients remain By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Thirty-one “very sick” premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south on Sunday, and will be moved to Egypt on Monday, health officials said, as scores of other critically wounded patients remained stranded there… Continue reading
Nov 18 Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza’s north and south as most civilians flee Shifa Hospital By Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to a doctor at the hospital where the bodies were taken. Continue reading
Nov 16 Protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza shut down bridges in Boston and San Francisco By Janie Har, Associated Press The California Highway Patrol arrested at least 50 protesters Thursday after more than 200 people shut down all west-bound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Continue reading
Nov 15 UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining. The final draft watered down language from a "demand" to a "call" for humanitarian pauses. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza ‘must be protected,’ Biden says By Associated Press Shifa hospital has been without electricity and water for three days, and gunfire and bombings outside the compound have made the situation more difficult. Continue reading
Nov 12 People trapped in Gaza’s main hospital say they can’t leave as heavy fighting rages nearby By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza's largest hospital rejected Israel's claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out. Continue reading
Nov 12 In wars, hospitals have special protection under international law. How does that apply in Gaza? By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Intense battles between the Israeli military and Hamas militants around Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza City have raised pressing questions about what is allowed under international laws governing war. Continue reading
Nov 11 Power goes out at Gaza’s Shifa hospital amid intense fighting between Israel and Hamas By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, David Rising, Associated Press Israel’s prime minister pushed back Saturday against calls from Western allies to do more to protect Palestinian civilians, as troops encircled Gaza’s largest hospital where doctors said five patients died, including a premature baby, after the last generator ran out… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 4:27 Thousands of civilians flee northern Gaza hospitals as Israeli troops close in By Nick Schifrin As Israel’s ground campaign intensifies, more than 100,000 civilians have fled south from northern Gaza over the last two days. That includes thousands who had been sheltering on hospital grounds that Israel’s military says Hamas is using to hide its… Continue watching