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United News of India
13-05-2025
- Health
- United News of India
Israeli army says struck Hamas militants in Gaza hospital
World Jerusalem, May 13 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that it conducted a targeted airstrike at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, early in the morning. According to a statement released by the IDF, the hospital compound "was being used by terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops." The IDF said that Ismail Barhoum, the successor to Hamas' Gaza leadership and also head of its financial and institutional operations, had operated from within the facility. Barhoum was reportedly killed in a prior strike in March. It added that "senior Hamas officials continue to use the hospital for terrorist activity, through cynical and brutal use of the civilian population in the hospital and its surroundings." The statement said the IDF has taken measures to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence. Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that journalist Hassan Eslieh, who was receiving treatment at the hospital, was killed in the Israeli attack, and several patients sustained various injuries as a result of the bombing. UNI XINHUA GNK
Shafaq News
17-04-2025
- Health
- Shafaq News
World Haemophilia Day in Gaza: Patients struggle amid hospital attacks
Shafaq News/ Israel's war on Gaza has significantly worsened the plight of haemophilia patients, a rare genetic bleeding disorder, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, amid a near-paralyzed healthcare system in the enclave. In a statement marking World Haemophilia Day, the ministry affirmed that patients in Gaza face 'unprecedented challenges' in accessing essential medical care more than 18 months into the war. Haemophilia prevents blood from clotting properly due to a deficiency in clotting factors—proteins that help stop bleeding. The disorder affects about one in 10,000 people globally. Gaza is home to 180 haemophilia patients—out of 550 nationwide—who are experiencing acute shortages of life-saving clotting factor medications. The health ministry warned of a growing risk of severe complications, including internal bleeding in joints and muscles, which can cause permanent disabilities. 'The crisis has doubled the need for urgent supplies to ensure a dignified life and safe daily functioning for patients,' the ministry said. Hospitals In Ruins, Healthcare System Overwhelmed The World Health Organization confirmed that only 21 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are partially functioning, many damaged or destroyed by Israeli strikes. 'Recent attacks on hospitals are further paralyzing the strip's healthcare system.' Health partners on the ground reported a dire lack of hospital beds, with patients treated in tents, and thousands of blood units needed for life-saving procedures. The following ten hospitals have reportedly suffered the most from Israeli attacks: 1. Al-Shifa Medical Complex: The facility was raided by Israeli forces in March 2024, leaving hundreds dead and widespread destruction. The Israeli army destroyed medical equipment and burned sections of the hospital. Over 300 bodies were recovered, some showing signs of decomposition. 2. Nasser Medical Complex: Repeatedly bombed since October 2023, the hospital was severely damaged in March 2025 when Israeli forces targeted its surgery department, where Hamas leader Ismail Barhoum was being treated. The complex was rendered inoperable during ground operations in Khan Younis, with extensive destruction to medical equipment, sewage, electricity, water systems, and the oxygen plant. 3. Al-Maamadani Hospital: This hospital was hit by Israeli airstrikes in October 2023, killing around 500 patients, injured civilians, and those seeking shelter. Eighteen months later, the Israeli army returned and bombed the emergency and reception areas, forcing the hospital to close. Patients and injured civilians had to seek refuge in the streets. 4. Kamal Adwan Hospital: Raided multiple times, the hospital was attacked in December 2024. After being besieged by Israeli forces, the hospital's facilities were set on fire, and medical staff and patients were detained. Around 350 people were present, including 75 wounded with their companions and 180 medical and support staff. 5. Al-Amal Hospital: Forced out of service in March 2024 during an Israeli raid, the hospital was reactivated in May 2024 with limited services, including emergency and maternity care. 6. Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital: Gaza's only cancer treatment center, the facility was knocked out of service in November 2023 due to severe structural damage and the destruction of its critical systems. Before it ceased operations, the hospital was treating 80 cancer patients. 7. Indonesian Hospital: Hit multiple times, its radiology equipment and oxygen and electricity supplies were destroyed. The hospital was evacuated in December 2024 before being forced out of service in January 2025. 8. Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital: Providing dialysis for children under 14, this hospital's kidney dialysis unit was destroyed, leading to the deaths of many children. The unit reopened in March 2025, though it now only serves 12 children. 9. Al-Awda Hospital: Surrounded by Israeli forces in January 2025, it was cut off from medical supplies and fuel. The hospital and its staff were threatened with bombing and evacuation. 10. Kuwait Specialized Hospital: Repeatedly targeted, the hospital was forced to close in May 2024. Medical staff were relocated to a field hospital in the Al-Mawasi area. Fresh Airstrikes Kill Dozens On the 31st day of resumed fighting, Palestinian media reported that Israeli airstrikes killed over 23 people across Gaza. At least 15, including women and children, were reportedly burned alive in a strike on tents sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis. Another six members of the same family were killed in Beit Lahia, and seven more in Jabalia, where a drone strike targeted a displacement camp. Since October 7, 2023, Israel's military campaign has killed at least 61,709 Palestinians, including 17,492 children, and injured over 111,000, according to Al-Jazeera tracker.
Egypt Independent
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Egypt puts forward new proposal to restore ceasefire in Gaza
Egypt has presented its new proposal to restore the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian official told the Associated Press that the proposal stipulates that Hamas releases five living hostages, including an American-Israeli individual, in exchange for Israel allowing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip and a week-long cessation of fighting. Israel must also release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. A Hamas official explained that the movement responded positively to the proposal, without elaborating. Israel's war on the Gaza Strip has now resumed, after Tel Aviv shattered the truce and ceasefire agreement. On Monday, the Palestinian municipality of Rafah announced a complete blackout of communications and the internet in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, warning of a genocide for thousands of trapped civilians. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced the deaths of 61 citizens, while 134 wounded people arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours. Israeli forces shelled the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross west of Rafah, Palestine, with a tank shell, violating international law. Israeli tanks also advanced into the vicinity of Rafah's Mawasi area, amid heavy artillery shelling. Senior Hamas leader killed The Israeli army announced on Monday that it targeted a senior Hamas leader inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza Strip. Palestinian media confirmed that Ismail Barhoum, a member of the movement's political bureau, was killed in the airstrike on the hospital's operating room, where he was receiving treatment after being injured in a previous bombing. The Palestinian municipality of Rafah reported that communications and internet service were completely cut off in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, with thousands of civilians at risk after being trapped without the ability to seek assistance. In the occupied West Bank, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that tens of thousands of displaced people in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestine, lack adequate shelter, basic services, or access to healthcare. The organization said in a statement on Monday that: 'Following the ceasefire in Gaza in January, Israel launched Operation Iron Wall in the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing thousands and leaving them in a highly precarious situation.' Israeli ambulance services and local media reported that an Israeli was killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting attack near the city of Yokneam, southeast of Haifa. Israeli police said that a gunman ran over civilians at a bus station near the city before getting out of his car and opening fire. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
Gulf Today
25-03-2025
- Health
- Gulf Today
Gaza bleeds again
So sad. Israel's military strikes every day on Gaza and killing Palestinians. Yesterday Israel struck again and hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry said, days after the facility was overwhelmed with dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of airstrikes ('Gaza's death toll surpasses 50,000 as Israel presses ground offensive,' Gulf Today, March 24). Those killed in Sunday night's strike included a 16-year-old boy who underwent surgery two days ago, according to the Health Ministry. Also killed was Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas' political bureau, who was being treated at the hospital, Hamas said in a statement. Israel's military confirmed the strike on the hospital, saying it hit a Hamas militant operating there. Israel blames civilian deaths on Hamas because it operates in densely populated areas. An Israeli airstrike 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. Ashrafullah Mehkri, By email
Gulf Insider
25-03-2025
- Health
- Gulf Insider
Hamas Commander Known As 'Prime Minister Of Gaza'
Amid its ongoing air and ground campaign in Gaza, renewed after the collapse of the ceasefire with Hamas earlier this month, Israel has conducted a string of assassinations of Hamas top leadership. Hamas commander Ismail Barhoum was widely dubbed the 'Prime Minister of Gaza' and was killed Sunday night amid expanded airstrikes across the Strip. Israel's military (IDF) said a 'precision strike' took him out at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis. An Israeli statement called him 'key Hamas terrorist' – and the Palestinian group has since confirmed his death. At the time of the strike on the hospital wing, Barhoum had been undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in a previous airstrike. Israeli media had tallied that since last Tuesday, he's the fourth member of Hamas's political bureau to have been killed. Prime Minister Netanyahu has vowed to wipe out Hamas, and ensure it can never control Gaza again. According to the Times of Israel , 'Out of the 20 members of Hamas's political bureau elected in 2021, 11 have been assassinated during the war in Gaza. Seven are either certain or highly likely to be outside the Gaza Strip.' The war which has been going on since the Hamas terror attack of Oct.7, 2023 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Gaza sources have announced a grim milestone on Monday: More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel's war with Hamas began, the territory's health ministry said Sunday, a grim milestone for a war with no end in sight as Israel resumes fighting and warns of even tougher days ahead. The ministry on Sunday reported 41 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the toll to 50,021. Authorities in Gaza do not distinguish between civilians and Hamas fighters when reporting casualty figures, but the health ministry and the United Nations say the majority of deaths are women and children. And the true toll could be much higher, with many thousands believed to still be under the rubble. These figures have been greatly disputed, especially in Israeli and American media. Israel has in the recent past said that some 17-20,000 among the total dead were Hamas fighters. Leaked 2008 U.S. cable reveals Israel's Gaza power blockade isn't just a wartime measure—it's part of a long-term strategy to restrict essential supplies and keep Gaza 'on the brink of collapse' dating back well before Oct 7. Now, with Trump bypassing Israel to engage Hamas… — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 12, 2025 The White House earlier this month said it was notified in advance that the IDF would renew the Gaza bombing campaign. And on the question of the enclave's future, US National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes has said: 'Gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordinance.' Click here to read more Also read: Israeli Troops, Tanks Start New Ground Offensive In Gaza
