“This pipe doesn’t make up for my leg,” said 10-year-old Rateb Abu Qleiq. He was severely wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis that killed his family.
Tags: gaza hospital
When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322
Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more
Israeli soldier threatens mutiny – “We want to annihilate them” – Day 232
Israeli strikes kill Palestinians just trying to survive; more evacuations; Israeli torture methods; Gaza hospitals in crisis; Israel searches for loopholes in ICJ ruling; 2nd grade Jewish girls meet with White House officials; Hamas rockets hit Tel Aviv; Gaza pier can’t take the rough seas; Hamas claims it captured Israeli soldiers, Israel denies; EU visits West Bank, condemn settler violence; campus protests in Germany, more…
“Endless tragedy, hell on earth,” now over 18K dead – Day 66
U.N. General Assembly voted to demand ceasefire; 6 major humanitarian groups: “We have seen nothing like the siege of Gaza” ; Committee to Protect Journalist: “deeply alarmed by journalists in Gaza reporting receiving threats, and subsequently, their family members killed”; Doctors Without Borders: “Israeli attacks have killed at least 5 hospital staff, including two of its doctors while they were caring for their patients”…
November 20: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel – Day 45
Preemie, fuel, humanitarian, and hospital updates, daily bombardment, hostage update, West Bank news, and more
November 14: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel – Day 39
Gaza humanitarian & hospital updates, Israeli assaults, magnitude of Israel’s bombing, war crimes, West Bank news, ethnic cleansing
November 13: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel – Day 38
Humanitarian crisis deepens, healthcare catastrophe, hostage update, statements from Israeli and US leaders, and more.
November 12: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel – Day 37
Gaza hospital catastrophe, evacuation update, Israeli hostage update, West Bank news, UN Security Council war of words, and more
November 11: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel – Day 36
Latest casualty figures for Palestine and Israel, hospitals on the brink, bombing and humanitarian aid update, and more.
Israeli siege causes vital medicines to run out in Gaza
A new report by the World Health Organization indicates Israel’s siege – imposed since 2007 – has affected Gaza’s healthcare system enormously.









