Gaza’s sick and injured search for help as Rafah assault brings hospitals to their knees
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip Reuters Souad Zohair, 73, has been kept alive by kidney dialysis three days a week at a hospital in Rafah, but that’s shut now by Israel’s latest offensive. Her daughter brought her up the dangerous coastal road to the last hospital left in the Gaza Strip that still has functioning dialysis […]
US believes Hamas, Israel can break Gaza ceasefire impasse; Israeli forces cut Rafah aid route
Rafah, Gaza Strip/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The US said negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire should be able to close the gaps between Israel and Hamas while Israeli forces seized the main border crossing in Rafah on Tuesday, closing a vital route for aid. Hamas official Osama Hamdan, speaking to reporters in Beirut, warned that if Israel’s […]
Palestinian Embassy seeks temporary status for Gazans who entered Egypt during war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Palestinian Embassy in Egypt is seeking temporary residency permits for tens of thousands of people who have arrived from Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, which it says would ease conditions for them until the conflict is over. Diab al-Louh, the Palestinian ambassador in Cairo, said as many as […]
Dozens of Palestinians killed in Gaza as Hamas official vows to “break” Israel
Gaza Reuters Israeli forces fought Palestinian militants in the north and centre of the Gaza Strip on Friday as Khaled Meshaal, a senior official in Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement, said its six-month-old battle with Israel would “break the enemy soon”. Most Israeli troops have been pulled out of the Palestinian enclave in preparation for an […]