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Dubai Eye
24-03-2025
- Health
- Dubai Eye
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills 5
An airstrike at Nasser Hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, as Israel launched an all-out air and ground campaign against Hamas. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, confirmed the target was a member of Hamas' political office, Ismail Barhoum, with the military adding that its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV said Barhoum was being treated at the hospital for wounds sustained in a previous attack. Israel says Hamas systematically embeds in hospitals, schools and shelters, which the group denies. Another leader in Hamas, Salah al-Bardaweel, was killed in a separate strike in Khan Younis, Hamas said earlier. The Israeli military confirmed it had killed Bardaweel on Saturday. Both Bardaweel and Barhoum were members of the 19-member Hamas decision-making body, the political office, 11 of whom have been killed since the start of the war in late 2023, according to Hamas sources. Explosions echoed throughout the north, central and southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, as Israeli planes hit targets in those areas in what witnesses said was an escalation of the attacks that began earlier in the week. Signalling it could escalate its actions further, the Israeli military said on Sunday one of its divisions that had operated in Lebanon, where Israel fought Hamas' ally Hezbollah, was preparing for possible action in Gaza. It distributed video of tanks unloaded in a field and a caption that read: "Preparations of the 36th Division for Operations in the Gaza Strip." At least 45 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis so far on Sunday, health authorities said. Palestinian officials on Sunday put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at over 50,000. The Israeli military said it does its best to reduce harm to civilians and questioned the death toll provided by health authorities in the Hamas-run territory. Most of the dead in Gaza have been civilians, according to health officials. Israel says they include around 20,000 fighters. Hamas does not disclose casualty figures. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the aim of the war is to destroy Hamas as a military and governing entity. The aim of the new campaign is to force the group to give up remaining hostages, he said on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Netanyahu to "emphasise US support for Israel," a State Department spokesperson said. They discussed Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, efforts to bring hostages home and US strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, the spokesperson added. Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Japan Times
24-03-2025
- Health
- Japan Times
Airstrike on Gaza hospital kills 5; Israel says target was Hamas militant
An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimize harm at the site. Hamas said a member of its political office, Ismail Barhoum, had been killed. Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, confirmed the target was Barhoum. The military did not name the target, which it described only as "a key terrorist" in Hamas. Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV said Barhoum was being treated at the hospital for wounds sustained in a previous attack. Israel says Hamas systematically embeds in hospitals, schools and shelters, which the group denies. Video on social media showed a fire blazing on the third story of what appeared to be the hospital. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. After two months of relative calm in the war, Gazans have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday against Hamas. Another leader in Hamas, Salah al-Bardaweel, was killed in a separate strike in Khan Younis, Hamas said earlier. The Israeli military confirmed it had killed Bardaweel on Saturday. Both Bardaweel and Barhoum were members of the 19-member Hamas decision-making body, the political office, 11 of whom have been killed since the start of the war in late 2023, according to Hamas sources. Explosions echoed throughout the north, central and southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, as Israeli planes hit targets in those areas in what witnesses said was an escalation of the attacks that began earlier in the week. Signaling it could escalate its actions further, the Israeli military said on Sunday one of its divisions that had operated in Lebanon, where Israel fought Hamas' Iranian-backed ally Hezbollah, was preparing for possible action in Gaza. It distributed video of tanks unloaded in a field and a caption that read: "Preparations of the 36th Division for Operations in the Gaza Strip." At least 45 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis so far on Sunday, health authorities said. Palestinian officials on Sunday put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at over 50,000. The Israeli military said it does its best to reduce harm to civilians and questioned the death toll provided by health authorities in the Hamas-run territory. Most of the dead in Gaza have been civilians, according to health officials. Israel says they include around 20,000 fighters. Hamas does not disclose casualty figures. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the aim of the war is to destroy Hamas as a military and governing entity. The aim of the new campaign is to force the group to give up remaining hostages, he said on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Netanyahu to "emphasize U.S. support for Israel," a State Department spokesperson said. They discussed Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, efforts to bring hostages home and U.S. strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, the spokesperson added. Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. "Israel's military offensive has caused an appalling loss of life," said European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. "As long as this war continues, both sides lose." Kallas added Israel must respect civilian lives and that threats to annex parts of Gaza were unacceptable. People gather as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike at Nasser hospital, according to the Palestinian civil defense, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. | REUTERS Hamas has accused Israel of breaking the terms of the January ceasefire agreement but has said it is still willing to negotiate a ceasefire and was studying proposals from U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning for residents in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah. The military said troops had encircled Tel Al-Sultan to dismantle "terror infrastructure sites and eliminate terrorists in the area," in order to reinforce control and expand the security zone in southern Gaza. It said soldiers were allowing the evacuation of civilians from the combat zone via organized routes for their safety. Dozens of families quit their homes in Tel Al-Sultan heading northward to Khan Younis, some on foot, while others carried their belongings and children on donkey carts and rickshaws. "When the ceasefire began, we returned to put up tents next to the ruins of our homes, dreaming that soon our homes would be rebuilt," said Abu Khaled, a Rafah resident. "Now we are fleeing under fire for maybe the 10th time, when will we ever rest? When will there ever be peace in this city?" he said via a chat app. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 50,000 residents remained trapped in Rafah after they were surprised by an Israeli army raid into their areas, warning their lives, and those of rescue teams, were at risk. Palestinian and international officials also warned about the risk of a new hunger crisis. "Every day without food inches Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis. Banning aid is a collective punishment on Gaza: the vast majority of its population are children, women & ordinary men," the head of the United Nations agency on Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, posted on X. On March 2, Israel blocked the entry of goods into Gaza, and Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, accused Hamas of taking aid for its own use, a charge Hamas has previously denied.
The Guardian
23-03-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five including Hamas political leader
An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza has killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Hamas said a member of its political office, Ismail Barhoum, had been killed. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, confirmed the target was Barhoum. The military did not name the target, which it described only as 'a key terrorist' in Hamas. Hamas's al-Aqsa TV said Barhoum was being treated at the hospital for wounds sustained in a previous attack. Israel says Hamas systematically embeds in hospitals, schools and shelters, which the group denies. Video on social media showed a fire blazing on the third storey of what appeared to be the hospital. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. After two months of relative calm in the war, Palestinians in Gaza have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday against Hamas. Another leader in Hamas, Salah al-Bardaweel, was killed in a separate strike in Khan Younis, Hamas said earlier. The Israeli military confirmed it had killed Bardaweel on Saturday. Both Bardaweel and Barhoum were members of the 19-member Hamas decision-making body, the political office, 11 of whom have been killed since the start of the war in late 2023, according to Hamas sources. Explosions echoed throughout the north, central and southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, as Israeli planes hit targets in those areas in what witnesses said was an escalation of the attacks that began earlier in the week. Signalling it could escalate its actions further, the Israeli military said on Sunday one of its divisions that had operated in Lebanon, where Israel fought Hamas' Iranian-backed ally Hezbollah, was preparing for possible action in Gaza. It distributed video of tanks unloaded in a field and a caption that read: 'Preparations of the 36th Division for Operations in the Gaza Strip.' At least 45 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis so far on Sunday, Gaza health authorities said. Palestinian officials on Sunday put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at more than 50,000. The Israeli military said it did its best to reduce harm to civilians and questioned the death toll provided by health authorities in the Hamas-run territory. Most of the dead in Gaza have been civilians, according to health officials. Israel said they include about 20,000 fighters. Hamas does not disclose casualty figures. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the aim of the war is to destroy Hamas as a military and governing entity. The ambition of the new campaign is to force the group to give up remaining hostages, he said on Tuesday. US secretary of state Marco Rubio spoke with Netanyahu to 'emphasise US support for Israel,' a state department spokesperson said. They discussed Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, efforts to bring hostages home and US strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, the spokesperson added. Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. 'Israel's military offensive has caused an appalling loss of life,' said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. 'As long as this war continues, both sides lose.' Kallas added Israel must respect civilian lives and that threats to annex parts of Gaza were unacceptable.
Observer
23-03-2025
- Politics
- Observer
Gaza death toll passes 50,000
GAZA: An Israeli air strike in southern Gaza killed a Hamas political leader, Salah al Bardaweel, on Sunday, the group said, as Palestinian officials put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at over 50,000. Hamas said the air strike on Khan Younis killed Bardaweel and his wife. The Israeli military confirmed in a statement on Sunday that it had killed the Hamas official on Saturday. After two months of relative calm in the war, Gazans have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign last Tuesday against Hamas. Explosions echoed throughout the north, central and southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, as Israeli planes hit several targets in those areas in what witnesses said was an escalation of the attacks that began earlier last week. At least 30 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis so far on Sunday, health authorities said. Those killed included three municipal employees, medics said. Bardaweel was a member of the Hamas decision-making body, the political office, and had held posts such as heading the Hamas delegation for indirect truce talks with Israel in 2009 and led the group's media office in 2005. "His blood, that of his wife and martyrs, will remain fuelling the battle of liberation and independence," the group said. Hamas has accused Israel of breaking the terms of the January ceasefire agreement by refusing to begin negotiations for an end to the war and a withdrawal of its troops from Gaza. But Hamas has said it is still willing to negotiate and was studying "bridging" proposals from US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff. At least 50,021 Palestinians have been killed and 113,274 wounded since the beginning of the war, the health ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning on X for residents in the Tel Al Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah in the south of the strip. The military later said troops had encircled Tel Al Sultan in order to reinforce control and expand the security zone in southern Gaza. It said soldiers were allowing the evacuation of civilians from the combat zone via organised routes for their safety. Dozens of families quit their homes in Tel Al Sultan heading northward to Khan Younis, some on foot, while others carried their belongings and children on donkey carts and rickshaws. "When the ceasefire began, we returned to put up tents next to the ruins of our homes, dreaming that soon our homes would be rebuilt," said Abu Khaled, a Rafah resident. "Now we are fleeing under fire for maybe the tenth time, when will we ever rest? When will there ever be peace in this city?" he said via a chat app. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 50,000 residents remained trapped in Rafah after they were surprised by an Israeli army raid into their areas, warning their lives, and those of rescue teams, were at risk. Palestinian and international officials also warned about the return of the risk of famine in the enclave. "Every day without food inches Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis. Banning aid is a collective punishment on Gaza: the vast majority of its population are children, women and ordinary men," the head of the United Nations agency on Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarin posted on X. SEE ALSO P6
Dubai Eye
23-03-2025
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Israeli airstrike kills Hamas political leader, death toll exceeds 50,000
An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on Sunday, officials of the group said, as residents reported an escalation in Israel's six-day-old military campaign. Pro-Hamas media said the airstrike on Khan Younis killed Bardaweel, a member of the Palestinian group's political office, and his wife. Israeli officials had no immediate comment. Taher Al-Nono, the media adviser of the Hamas leadership, mourned Bardaweel's death in a post on his Facebook page. After two months of relative calm in the war that began more than 17 months ago, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday. Explosions echoed throughout the north, central and southern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, as Israeli planes hit several targets in those areas in what witnesses said was an escalation of the attack that began on Tuesday. At least 30 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis so far on Sunday, health authorities said. Those killed included three municipal employees, medics said. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning on X for residents in the Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah in the south of the strip, saying the military was launching an onslaught there to eradicate "terrorist organizations". In a statement, Hamas accused Israel of assassinating Bardaweel, who it said was praying along with his wife when an Israeli missile struck their tent shelter in Khan Younis. "His blood, that of his wife and martyrs, will remain fuelling the battle of liberation and independence. The criminal enemy will not break our determination and will," said the group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said the main aim of the war is to destroy Hamas as a military and governing entity. He has said the aim of the new campaign is to force the group to give up the remaining hostages. Hamas' de facto government head Essam Addalees and internal security chief Mahmoud Abu Watfa were among those killed by Israeli strikes on Tuesday, in addition to several other officials. Palestinian health officials said at least 400 people, more than half of them women and children, were killed on Tuesday. Palestinian medics said an Israeli plane bombed a house in Rafah, wounding several people. Hamas has accused Israel of breaking the terms of the January ceasefire agreement by refusing to begin negotiations for an end to the war and a withdrawal of its troops from Gaza. But Hamas has said it is still willing to negotiate and was studying "bridging" proposals from U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff. The return to the air strikes and ground operations that have devastated Gaza has drawn calls for a ceasefire from Arab and European countries. Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement calling on Israel to restore access for humanitarian aid. Israel has blocked the entry of goods into Gaza and Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser, Ophir Falk, accused Hamas of taking aid for its own use, a charge Hamas has previously denied. Israel launched its campaign in Gaza after a Hamas attack on Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 that killed some 1,200 people, according to an Israeli tally, and saw 251 abducted as hostages. The Israeli campaign has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health authorities, and devastated much of the coastal enclave, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in tents and makeshift shelters.
