Israel heavily bombarded central Gaza as it carried out the hostage operation, killing more than 200 Palestinians and wounding many others, according to Gaza hospital officials. Civilians described scenes of horror on the ground, calling it “hell on earth.” This is just the third time Israel’...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content: People gather at Shifa Hospital to pray over the body of a boy who was killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza City, on October 9, 2023. Sameh Rahmi | Nurphoto | Getty Images The death toll from the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas has passed 1,500, ...
The hospital, which is the heart of Gaza’s health system, was severely damaged in the assault and has only been able to resume limited operations since. Gaza officials say some 30,000 displaced people were taking refuge in the compound when the new Israeli ...
The Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday stopped providing medical services for Gazans for the first time since it opened in 1964. The decision to halt medical services was made following a strike by the hospital cleaning staff that began the previous day. As a result of the strike, 200 op...
Israel released the director of Gaza's main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center. He said he and other detainees were held under harsh conditions and tortured. ...
Dr. Sara Al Saqqa, a surgeon at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, fled the hospital complex several days ago "because everything was pretty horrific and terrifying," she told ABC News. She said most of her colleagues and patients evacuated the hospital, where Is...
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-ABC News' Tia Humphries Nov 19, 2023, 2:59 AM CST Al-Shifa doctors describe hospital evacuation Patients and doctors evacuated the Al-Shifa hospital on Saturday, after the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claimed Israel forced them to leave. The IDF released a statement denying it ordered the...
Death toll in Israeli strikes in central Gaza rises to 25 as Beirut suburb is pounded again Hospital officials in Gaza say that the death toll from Israeli strikes the day before in the central part of the coastal enclave has risen from 16 to 25 as more bodies have been recovered. ...
Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties, Israel says it is being more precise as it widens its offensive into southern Gaza.