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“We stand helpless, watching them die before our eyes,” says doctor in northern Gaza

The catastrophic situation at a hospital in northern Gaza deepened on Tuesday as dozens of casualties arrived following an Israeli airstrike, according to one of just two remaining doctors at the facility. Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician and director of the Kamal Adwan hospital, said 15 bodies and 35 wounded people had been brought to the medical center in the past few hours, but added they could only receive limited treatment due to desperate shortages of supplies following weeks of Israeli bombardment. “The …

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UN body says “entire population” of northern Gaza is “at risk of dying”

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the “entire population of north Gaza is at risk of dying,” as Israel continues intense military operations in the area. “Hundreds of Palestinians have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee yet again,” acting Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and …

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Only a “matter of days” to get second polio vaccine doses to children in northern Gaza, UNICEF says

The United Nations’ child agency, UNICEF, has warned there are only a matter of days left to administer the second dose of the polio vaccine to about 119,000 children across northern Gaza. “If we don’t reach the roughly 119,000 children targeted for vaccination in the northern parts of Gaza, all these children are still vulnerable …

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“Smell of death is everywhere” in northern Gaza under Israeli bombardment, UN staff say

United Nations aid workers in northern Gaza “cannot find food, water or medical care,” following nearly three weeks of “non-stop” Israeli bombardment, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, citing reports from staff on the ground. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, outlined the horrific conditions UNRWA staff are working under in …

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At least 87 killed in Israeli strike on northern Gaza, health ministry says

At least 87 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, overnight Saturday, the health ministry in Gaza says. The number killed included 27 bodies retrieved so far and 60 people under the rubble. More than 40 people had been injured, including a number of very critical cases, the ministry said. …

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Dozens killed amid renewed Israeli operations in northern Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians have been reported killed in strikes on northern Gaza over the past 24 hours, amid what the Israeli military says are operations aimed at stopping Hamas regrouping. A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Saturday said that in the Jabalya area of northern Gaza, troops “eliminated several terrorists in close-quarters encounters.” …

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Stray dogs are eating the dead in the streets of northern Gaza, emergency services chief says

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic material that some readers may find disturbing. CNN  —  Bodies strewn across dusty streets, entire roads destroyed by Israeli strikes, people starving. This is the picture painted of Jabalya, northern Gaza, by the emergency services chief in the area. “You can see the signs of hunger on the people …

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Israel “sealing off” northern Gaza and may be carrying out large-scale forced transfer of civilians, UN warns

The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned that Israel is “effectively sealing off North Gaza” and may be carrying out the “large-scale forced transfer of the civilian population,” which it said would amount to a war crime. The Israeli military has, for more than a week, been carrying out an intense offensive in the …

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UN says no food has entered northern Gaza since start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of starvation

CNN  —  No food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry, the World Food Programme told CNN on Friday. In August, approximately 700 hundred aid trucks entered northern Gaza. In September, only 400 aid trucks entered, after commercial operations ceased at the Allenby Crossing on …

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