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31 babies saved from Gaza's Shifa Hospital, '12 killed' as war continues

Heavy fighting erupted Monday around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, as Israel pressed an offensive it says is aimed at eradicating Hamas and uprooting their militant infrastructure. A shell struck the second floor of the Indonesian Hospital, killing at least 12 people, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza and a medical worker inside the facility. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. The advance came a day after the World Health Organisation evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital. At least 28 were transported to Egypt on Monday. More than 250 critically ill or wounded patients remain stranded at the compound, which Israeli forces stormed days ago. The plight of Gaza's hospitals is at the focus of a battle of narratives over the war's brutal toll on Palestinian civilians, thousands of whom have been killed or buried in rubble since the conflict was sparked by .

China welcomes Arab, Muslim foreign ministers for talk on war in Gaza

China's top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza as soon as possible. The ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Indonesia chose to start a tour of world capitals in Beijing, a testament to both China's growing geopolitical influence and its longstanding support for the Palestinians. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the foreign diplomats that their decision to start in Beijing shows their high level of trust in his nation. China is a good friend and brother of Arab and Islamic countries, Wang said in opening remarks at a state guest house before their talks began. We have always firmly safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of Arab (and) Islamic countries and have always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people. China has long backed the ...

Air defences intercept missile launched from Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces

The Israeli military said that "no crossing into Israeli territory was detected." It further said that the alerts were triggered by the interceptions, according to The Times of Israel report

Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians, including 3 militants, across West Bank

Israeli forces on Friday killed five Palestinians, including three militants, across the West Bank, deepening a surge of violence in the occupied territory that has accompanied Israel's war in the Gaza Strip. The deaths raised to 205 the number of Palestinians killed in West Bank violence since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, making it the deadliest period in the territory since the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s. Israel says the crackdown is aimed at Hamas, the ruling group in Gaza, and other militant groups active in the West Bank. But rights groups say the Israeli tactics, including deadly raids, home demolitions, and arrests, are being carried out with increased frequency. The war erupted on October 7 when Hamas militants in Gaza crossed into Israel and killed at least 1,200 people and kidnapped 240 others. Israel launched a war that has claimed over 11,000 lives in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory. At th

11,470 Palestinians killed, most from Israeli strikes: Health ministry

The Palestinian health authorities said on Thursday that 11,470 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war broke out six weeks ago. The vast majority have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. The ministry said 4,707 of the dead were children and minors and that 3,155 were women. The ministry does not differentiate between combatants and civilians. In recent days, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the West Bank has started updating the Gaza death toll. Until last week, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza was the main official source for the Palestinian death toll. It stopped publishing updates after key ministry officials based in Gaza City's Shifa Hospital lost electricity and connectivity. Israel troops stormed Shifa on Wednesday and were still searching the large medical complex on Thursday. Hamas runs the Gaza Strip while its political rival, the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority, runs parts of the occupied West Bank. But the healt

Israel prez suggests deploying force in Gaza; US warns against occupation

Joe Biden said that he had made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a two-state solution was the only way to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

US Prez Biden backs Israel's hospital raid, hopeful on hostage release

The president said he is "mildly hopeful" Israel and Hamas can reach an agreement to release hostages held by the militant group, adding he is "doing everything in my power" to free them

UNSC adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses in Gaza

The UN Security Council has approved a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip after four failed attempts to respond to the Israel-Hamas war. 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. It also watered down a demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups." The resolution makes no mention of a ceasefire. It also doesn't refer to Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on October 7, during which the militants killed around 1,200 people and took some 240 others hostage. Nor does it cite Israel's retaliatory airstrikes and ground offensive in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which Gaza's health ministry says has killed more than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children. Russia proposed an amendment to the resolution before the vote that would have called

Israel storms Gaza hospital with tanks; newborns among 2,300 stuck inside

The Israeli military released photos of a soldier standing beside cardboard boxes marked "medical supplies" and "baby food", at a location Reuters verified was inside the facility

Israel-Hamas war: IDF raids Gaza's Shifa hospital, patients 'terrified'

Israeli forces raided Gaza's largest hospital early Wednesday, where hundreds of patients, including newborns, have been stranded with dwindling supplies and no electricity, as the army extended its control across Gaza City and the north. Shifa Hospital has become a symbol of the widespread suffering of Palestinian civilians during the war between Israel and Hamas, which erupted after the militant group killed some 1,200 people and seized around 240 captives in a surprise Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel. The hospital is also at the heart of clashing narratives over who is to blame for the thousands of deaths and widespread destruction in the besieged territory. Israel accuses Hamas of using Palestinians as human shields, while Palestinians and rights groups say Israel has recklessly endangered civilians as it seeks to eradicate the group. Mohammed Zaqout, the director of hospitals in Gaza, said Israeli tanks had entered the medical compound and that soldiers had entered buildings

Suella Braverman launches scathing attack on Rishi Sunak after being fired

Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman lashed out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a day after he fired her, calling his approach uncertain, weak and a betrayal of his promises. In a resignation letter she published on Tuesday, Braverman said Sunak had manifestly and repeatedly failed to deliver on key pledges and alleged that he never had any intention of keeping them. Sunak sacked Braverman on Monday after she made a series of intemperate statements that deviated from the government line. In recent weeks she called homelessness a lifestyle choice and accused police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protests, which she called hate marches. On Saturday, far-right protesters scuffled with police and tried to confront a pro-Palestinian march by hundreds of thousands through the streets of London. Critics accused Braverman's language of helping to inflame tensions. In her letter, she said Sunak had rejected her calls to ban pro-Palestinian demonstrations calling for a ...

Gaza Parliament, other Hamas government buildings seized: Israel Army

Seven babies and 29 patients from the intensive care unit were buried after the hospital's fuel supplies ran out. "There are bodies littered in the hospital complex

Kerala CM Vijayan calls for action to ensure safety of Palestinian children

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday emphasised the government's responsibility to protect the rights of children and called for concerted efforts to address the plight of Palestinian children affected in the ongoing conflict with Israel. In a Facebook post on the occasion of Children's Day commemorating the birthday of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, the chief minister underscored the dire situation faced by Palestinian children amid the war. He urged collective action to ensure their safety and facilitate their rehabilitation. Vijayan said that the availability of nutritious food, healthcare, and quality education are the inherent rights of every child born in the world. Safeguarding these rights is a fundamental responsibility of governments, he said. Highlighting the vision of the architects of the Constitution, including Nehru, the chief minister said that they envisioned an India where violence and exploitation against children would be ...

Medics and patients stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients, newborns and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday. With Israeli forces fighting in the centre of Gaza City, the territory's main city, both sides have seized on the plight of hospitals as a symbol of the larger war, now in its sixth week. The fighting was triggered by Hamas' October 7 surprise attack into Israel, whose response has led to thousands of deaths and much destruction across Gaza. Israel accuses Hamas of using hospitals as cover for its fighters, alleging that Hamas has set up its main command centre in and beneath Gaza's largest hospital, Shifa, without providing visual evidence. Both Hamas and Shifa Hospital staff deny the Israeli allegations. On Monday, the military released footage of a children's hospital that its forces mov

Working around the clock to release hostages held in Gaza, says US

"The United States continues to work round the clock to support efforts to rescue and reunite hostages held by Hamas with their families where they belong," said Sullivan, US NSA

PM Netanyahu says Israel will pursue war against Hamas 'to the end'

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when pressed on accountability for the October 7 attack on Israel, he such "difficult" questions until the conclusion of the ongoing war.

Hamas commander, who held patients as hostages in Gaza hospital, killed

The hospitals in the centre of the heaviest north Gaza fighting have been forced out of service amid shortages and combat, the Hamas-run health ministry said

Palestinian Authority in present form not fit for Gaza, says Netanyahu

Israel has vowed to destroy Palestinian group Hamas, which governs Gaza, following its shock October 7 cross-border assault, and has launched a full-scale invasion of the territory

300,000 join pro-Palestinian rally in London, counter-protesters arrested

A massive pro-Palestinian rally drew some 300,000 attendees to London on Saturday after police arrested several counter-protesters for trying to approach the marchers, CNN reported.Protesters chanted "free, free Palestine" and "ceasefire now" on Hyde Park Corner in downtown London, amid a noticeable police presence."From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!", went up another chant in the massive crowd of protesters, according to CNN.A representative for the London Metropolitan Police told CNN that the protest, which took place on Armistice Day--Veterans Day in the US--was expected to draw 300,000 spectators.82 counter-protesters were arrested, according to police, "to prevent a breach of the peace."As the event was getting underway, they claimed to have "faced aggression from counter-protesters," who invaded the area "in significant numbers," CNN reported.A demonstrator, supporting Palestine, expressed her shock at the 'hypocrisy' of people who back Ukraine but not Palestine .

IDF gains control of Hamas territory in northern Gaza, kills 150 terrorists

Among the terrorists eliminated were Ahmed Musa, commander of the Nakba unit and Omar Alhandi, commander of a terror platoon entrenched in western Jabalia