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Roya News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Roya News
Since dawn, 'Israeli' strikes kill 19 Palestinians across Gaza
At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in 'Israeli' airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn Monday, according to Palestinian media reports. Al-Aqsa TV reported that six people were killed and an unspecified number injured in 'Israeli' bombing that targeted Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Mohammed Zaqout, director of hospitals in Gaza, said intense 'Israeli' shelling hit several areas in Khan Younis. He warned that medical staff at Nasser Medical Complex fear an imminent raid by 'Israeli' forces. Zaqout added that panic has spread through the hospital following Israeli strikes on its immediate surroundings. Later reports said five more people were killed in an 'Israeli' airstrike near the Falouja market in Jabalia, in the northern part of the strip. On Sunday, 'Israel' escalated its ground operations in Gaza, pushing to expand a buffer zone along the eastern, northern, and southern borders of the enclave. Recent military movements suggest an emerging plan to divide the strip. Analysts believe 'Israel' may now be working to isolate Khan Younis from central Gaza—having already severed it from Rafah by seizing the Morag corridor.
Saba Yemen
16-04-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Medical relief society in Gaza: Strip experiencing stifling crisis for 45 days
Gaza - Saba Bassam Zaqout, director of the Medical Relief Society in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday confirmed that the Strip has been experiencing a stifling crisis for 45 days, with the Zionist enemy continuing to close all crossings and preventing the entry of any medicines and health supplies into the Strip. Zaqout said in statements on Wednesday that the services that can be provided today will become unavailable tomorrow, as the package of services provided by hospitals and health centers gradually disappears every day due to the shortage of medicines, and the remaining stock is gradually running out by most international organizations operating in this sector. He added that international organizations are issuing appeals to the international community to pressure the Zionist enemy to open the crossings and allow the entry of aid shipments held behind the various crossings into the Gaza Strip so that health services can be gradually restored. He noted that we are now in the most difficult phase we have experienced since the beginning of this aggression in terms of the scarcity of resources available in the Strip. Zaqout stressed that the Gaza Strip's hospitals, which are still operating, receive a large number of injured patients daily, and that preference is given to those who can be saved based on available resources. He noted that, given the scarcity of resources and medicines, many of the injuries admitted to hospitals turn into fatalities, and therefore, the death toll is increasing daily. He explained that meetings are held with the World Health Organization (WHO) on a weekly basis to review the current situation, available services, and the challenges and problems facing the health system in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to develop maps that facilitate the exchange of services between various health providers. He noted that the WHO always emphasizes the need to open the crossings for the entry of various medical supplies and the exit of patients to complete their treatment abroad. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Egypt Independent
13-03-2025
- Health
- Egypt Independent
No medical equipment allowed into Gaza since start of war
The Director-General of Hospitals in the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Mohammed Zaqout, confirmed that Israel has not allowed the entry of any medical equipment, including X-ray machines, into the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war from October 7, 2023. Zaqout stressed in press statements that Israel has not adhered to the humanitarian protocol despite the ceasefire last January. 'No important medical equipment has been allowed into the Strip, except for some medical supplies and missions whose benefit does not exceed 60 percent,' he explained. During their storming of the Strip's hospitals, Israel's forces have also destroyed all MRI machines and medical tomography devices, Zagout said, which are essential for diagnosis and medical follow-up of patients. Israel's occupying forces have destroyed 34 hospitals out of 38 in Gaza during the war on Gaza and put them out of service through 520 raids targeting the hospitals, according to the Ministry of Health. The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Palestinian territories, Rick Peeperkorn, said in a previous statement that the health sector in Gaza suffered losses of about 6.3 billion dollars, with its total needs to reach over seven billion dollars divided between reconstruction costs and service delivery needs. For the 11th day in a row, Israel continues to close crossings, prevent the entry of humanitarian and relief aid into the Strip, and tighten the siege on all supplies, including food and fuel, after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. This closure comes at a time when the residents of the Gaza Strip are suffering from catastrophic humanitarian conditions due to the shortage of food, medicine, and basic needs during the month of Ramadan. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
Saba Yemen
12-03-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Gaza Health: Zionist enemy has not brought in any medical equipment since the beginning of the aggression
Gaza – Saba: Director General of Hospitals at the Palestinian Ministry of Health Mohammed Zaqout confirmed on Wednesday that the Zionist enemy has not allowed any medical equipment or x-ray machines into the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression on October 7th. Zaqout said in press statements: "The Zionist enemy has not adhered to the humanitarian protocol despite the ceasefire last January." He continued: "No important medical equipment has been brought into the Gaza Strip, with the exception of some medical supplies and equipment whose usefulness does not exceed 60 percent." He pointed out that the Zionist enemy forces destroyed all MRI and CT scan machines, which are essential for the diagnosis and medical follow-up of patients, during their raids on the Gaza Strip's hospitals. During the war on Gaza, the Zionist enemy completely destroyed 34 of the 38 hospitals, putting them out of service through 520 airstrikes targeting those hospitals, according to the Ministry of Health. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
