Israel kills 31, including children, in new Gaza ceasefire violation

 

• At least 31 Palestinians, including at least six children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera.
• The violence comes a day before Israel is due to reopen the Rafah crossing, which links Gaza with Egypt, on Sunday for the first time since May 2024.
• Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a United States-brokered ceasefire in Gaza came into effect on October 10.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 71,769 people and wounded 171,483 since it began in October 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led, October 7, 2023 attacks, with about 250 taken captive.

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• 4m ago

   (15:00 GMT)

  Photos: Deadly Israeli attacks across Gaza

  

  Smoke and fire rises from the Gath shelter, housing displaced Palestinians, after an Israeli air strike in the west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip [AFP]

  

  A man reacts while sitting amid the rubble of Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike [AFP]

  

  Rescuers carry the body of a victim amid the debris of Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike [AFP]
• 19m ago

   (14:45 GMT)

  Hospital worker describes ‘devastating’ scenes after strikes

  A medical official at Nasser Hospital said the scenes inside the facility are “devastating” following Israeli air strikes on Khan Younis.

  Speaking to Al Jazeera, Mohammed Saqer said the hospital has received about 30 wounded people, in addition to seven bodies, most of them children.

  He said the hospital’s ICU is full, with large numbers of children currently on ventilators.

  Saqer warned that a severe shortage of medical supplies is making it increasingly difficult for staff to provide appropriate healthcare, as the hospital struggles to cope with the scale of casualties.
• 34m ago

   (14:30 GMT)

  Medical supplies running out in Gaza, health official warns

  Munir al-Bursh, the director-general of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, has called for the immediate opening of border crossings.

  Speaking to Al Jazeera, he also called for the entry of medical supplies and the facilitation of evacuations for wounded Palestinians to receive treatment outside the Gaza Strip.

  Al-Bursh warned the health situation in Gaza is extremely dire, noting that medical supplies are rapidly running out.
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• 49m ago

   (14:15 GMT)

  Nearly half of kidney patients dead as closure of Rafah crossing blocks treatment

  Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, has told Qatar’s state news agency, QNA, that nearly 50 percent of dialysis patients in Gaza died while awaiting treatment abroad or the arrival of essential medical supplies during the two years of war, while enduring the absence of more than 70 percent of required medications.

  He noted that the complex operates only 34 dialysis machines serving about 750 kidney failure patients, an insufficient capacity that worsened after Israeli attacks destroyed hospitals providing specialised renal services, including the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.

  Abu Salmiya warned that continued delays in reopening the Rafah crossing, or severe restrictions on patient travel, would further deepen the crisis and pose grave risks to patients requiring transplants or specialised care unavailable in Gaza.

  He called for facilitating patient travel and expanding medical evacuation. The prolonged closure of the Rafah land crossing has severely affected Gaza’s population, with Israeli authorities preventing the entry of humanitarian and medical aid.

  According to the Ministry of Health, the closure has led to the deaths of more than 1,000 patients and wounded individuals awaiting treatment abroad, while nearly 20,000 others remain in urgent need of medical evacuation.