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15 November 2023 - With the forced closure of two of Gaza’s largest hospitals, Al Quds and Al Shifa, due to the lack of fuel and incessant Israeli bombardment, midwives are a lifeline for the estimated…
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KEY POINTS All but one of the hospitals in Gaza city and northern Gaza (hereafter: the north) are reportedly out of service, as of 13 November, due to the lack of power, medical consumables, oxygen, food and…
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KEY POINTS Israeli shelling and ground attacks intensified around hospitals in Gaza city and northern Gaza (hereafter: the north) on 11 November, with several being directly hit. According to media reports, civilians, patients, and staff were shot…
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KEY POINTS An estimated 30,000 additional people fled areas north of Wadi Gaza (hereafter: the north) southwards through a “corridor” opened by the Israeli military on 10 November. At about 15:00, several explosions were recorded in that…
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GAZA, Palestine – “The working conditions in our hospital are catastrophic. We lack basic life necessities and we’re struggling with a severe shortage of water,” said Yasmine Ahmed, a midwife at Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical…
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KEY POINTS About 50,000 more people evacuated the north of Gaza to the south through a “corridor” opened by the Israeli military on 8 November. Hundreds of thousands of people remaining north of Wadi Gaza, including IDPs, are…
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Today marks one month since Hamas launched its attack on civilians that triggered Israel’s declaration of an unprecedented war in the Gaza Strip, and a subsequent humanitarian catastrophe. Since 7 October, some 1,400 Israeli civilians have been…
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KEY POINTS The situation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza city and other areas north of Wadi Gaza (hereafter: the north) is increasingly dire. Armed clashes and intense bombardment continue as people struggle to secure…
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Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip) Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in northern Gaza reportedly intensified on 6 November. The Israeli military claimed it has fully encircled Gaza city and has been reportedly advancing into…
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Oxfam is gravely concerned for the lives of around 500,000 Palestinians, alongside any of the more than 200 Israeli and other national hostages, currently trapped in a “siege within a siege” in northern Gaza. Israeli forces have…
