GAZA STRIP: Hamas warned on Sunday (Dec 11) that no hostages would go away Gaza alive until its calls for for prisoner releases are met, whereas the World Well being Group mentioned the territory’s well being system was collapsing after greater than two months of conflict.
Hamas triggered the battle with the deadliest assault on Israel on Oct 7 during which it killed some 1,200 individuals, in keeping with Israeli figures, and dragged round 240 hostages again to Gaza.
Israel has responded with a relentless army offensive that has decreased a lot of Gaza to rubble and killed a minimum of 17,997 individuals, principally ladies and kids, in keeping with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
As help teams warn the territory is on the point of being overwhelmed by illness and hunger, the top of the United Nations decried a divided and “paralysed” Safety Council for failing to agree on a ceasefire.
“Gaza’s well being system is on its knees and collapsing,” mentioned World Well being Group chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with solely 14 of 36 hospitals performing at any capability.
WHO’s govt board on Sunday adopted a decision calling for speedy, unimpeded help deliveries.
The UN estimates 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.4 million individuals have been displaced – roughly half of them kids – many compelled south and operating out of protected locations to go.
AFP visited the bombed-out ruins of Gaza Metropolis’s Al-Shifa hospital and located a minimum of 30,000 individuals taking refuge amid the rubble after Israeli forces raided the medical facility final month.
“Our life has grow to be a dwelling hell, there isn’t any electrical energy, no water, no flour, no bread, no medication for the kids who’re all sick,” mentioned Mohammed Daloul, 38, who fled there together with his spouse and three kids..
