INDIA NEWS
Nov 16-30, 2023 - Vol 4, Issue 8
ISRAEL SPECIAL
Israel to begin 4-hour daily 34 patients die in Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital as oxygen machine shuts down truce in Gaza for aid to flow
Gaza, Nov 14 (IANS) At least 34 patients have died in the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza -- the largest in the enclave -- as a result of the shutdown of oxygen machines caused by a fuel outage, the Hamas-run Palestinian Health Ministry said. In a statement late Monday, the Ministry said that seven newborns were among the dead, adding it was difficult to evacuate patients and injured people from the hospital, which is under siege and frequent attacks from the Israeli army, reports Xinhua news agency. The Al-Shifa Hospital currently
has more than 60 patients in its intensive care units, over 40 infants in its neonatal ward, and somen 500 patients in its kidney dialysis department, according to the Ministry.
and northern Gaza are reportedly out of service due to the lack of power, medical consumables, oxygen, food and water, compounded by bombardments and fighting in their vicinities.
As of Monday night, there were some 600-650 inpatients, 200500 staff, and 1,500 internally displaced persons believed to have remained in the hospital.
The Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza city, which currently accommodates over 500 patients, is reportedly the sole medical facility able to receive patients, amid increasing shortages and challenges.
Among the patients at heightened risk of death were reportedly 36 babies in incubators and a number of kidney dialysis patients. The attacks continue as the Israeli military has repeatedly alleged that Palestinian armed groups operate a military compound within and underneath Al-Shifa. But the hospital management and the Health Ministry have strongly denied these allegations and have called for an independent investigation. As of Tuesday morning, all but one of the hospitals in Gaza City
While the Israeli authorities have called for the evacuation of hospitals in the north, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, this would be a “death sentence”, given that the entire medical system is collapsing and hospitals in southern Gaza cannot admit more patients. On Monday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said that attempts to evacuate the al-Quds Hospital, the secondlargest hospital in Gaza, failed due to "continuing shelling and shooting."
Israel demands action against int’l media outlets whose photojournalists were present during Oct 7 massacre The watchdog also raised questions whether these journalists had permission to cross into Israel from Gaza.
Tel Aviv, Nov 10 (IANS) The Israel Communications Ministry has contacted international media outlets -- New York Times, CNN, Associated Press (AP) and Reuters -- after an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting.com, brought out details regarding the photojournalists employed by these outlets had been with Hamas terrorists when they swarmed into Israel on October 7 early hours and massacred civilians. The HonestReporting.com, which works to expose false narratives against Israel in foreign press, asks whether these photojournalists were aware of such a massacre as they were present on the scene of crime.
The investigation by HonestReporting.com revealed that these photographers had documented the kidnapping of civilians and soldiers by the Hamas terrorists. The burning of tanks and murder of an IDF soldier was also documented by these photojournalists. The spokesperson of AP responded to this stating that it had no advance knowledge of the October 7 massacre. The spokesperson of AP, Nicole Meyer, in a statement said, "AP had no advance knowledge of the October 7 attack." The statement also added, "AP's role is to capture news and images worldwide, at any point, even if they are terrible and involve victims." The National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Israeli Prime Minister's office said, "We view
this with utmost gravity that photojournalists working with international media joined in covering the brutal acts of murder perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7." The statement further said that these journalists were accomplices in crimes against humanity and that their actions were contrary to professional ethics. The Israel Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi contacted CNN, New York Times, AP and Reuters.
In a statement, the military said the Nahal Infantry Battalion captured the stronghold named as 'Outpost 17' in the Jebaliya region.
Tel Aviv, Nov 9 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said that it has captured a key stronghold of the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip after a 10
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The IDF further claimed that several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants were killed in the fierce fighting. The military said it also located a tunnel shaft adjacent to a kindergarten school that leads to an extensive underground route.
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Israel will commence a 4-hour truce daily in military operations in selected areas of northern Gaza where its forces are fighting the Hamas fiercely in order to allow humanitarian aid from UN and other agencies to flow into the enclave, the White House announced on Thursday. The pauses are meant to allow for humanitarian assistance to get into the besieged enclave and allow civilians to flee the fighting zone, media reports said quoting White House officials. John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesman, said Israel would announce the timing of the pauses three hours beforehand. "We've been told by the Israelis that there will be no military operations in these areas over the duration of the pause, and that this process is starting today," Kirby said, calling it "steps in the right direction". Israel's crucial decision to allow four-hour pauses came after "an awful lot of engagement by the administration to try to make sure that humanitarian assistance could get in and people could get out safely", Kirby said adding the pauses would provide "brief
The Israeli decision for humanitarian pauses daily in the besieged enclave followed intense discussions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, characterized as a "significant" first step. There were also followup discussions at the top levels of bureaucratic hierarchy in both governments, media reports said. "We have been urging the Israelis to minimize civilian casualties and to do everything that they can to reduce those numbers," Kirby said, adding they would provide "breathing space for a few hours" for civilians to move out of harm's way, CNN reported. Israel has been repeatedly warning civilians to move to southern Gaza as it attacks targets in the north, but southern Gaza is no safe zone either for them as the attacks have left that perimeter in rubbles and there is acute shortage of essentials for daily living. Civilians are unable to leave Gaza in large numbers since the war began; groups of foreign nationals and some injured Palestinians were allowed out of the enclave recently, reports said . The US would like to see the daily pauses continue for as long as humanitarian assistance in Gaza is sustained at the required levels.
IDF conducts airstrike in Syria in retaliation to drone attack
After the denial by AP, Reuters also said that it did not have any prior knowledge of the October 7 massacre. The Reuters in a statement said, "We are aware of a report by HonestReporting and accusations made against two freelance journalists and accusations made against two freelance photographers who contributed to Reuters coverage of the October 7 matter."
IDF captures key Hamas stronghold in Gaza after 10 hour-long battle hour-long battle.
windows of opportunity" for safe passage of hostages being held by Hamas.
The fighting took place within the tunnel system as well as on the ground. The military however, did not specify the number of casualties on the IDF's side. This development comes as Israeli forces have intensified its ongoing ground offensive in Gaza against the Hamas in retaliation to its unprecedente attack on October 7.
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Tel Aviv, Nov 10 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday said that it conducted an airstrike in Syria in retaliation to a drone attack fired from the neighbouring country towards a school in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
It also held the government in Damascus responsible for any attack from the Syrian soil.
In a statement, the military said that it identified the location in Syria from where the drone attack was carried out in Eliat on Thursday.
"The IDF will respond forcefully to any attempt to attack Israel," it added.
Without specifying, the IDF also said that it "attacked the organization that launched it (drone attack) in response".
The military said in the statement that “the Syrian regime is completely responsible for all terrorist activity that takes place on its soil".
Earlier on Friday, the IDF had posted on X that a "UAV hit a civilian building in the city of Eilat".
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