The Jews killed at least another 43 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including 10 people sheltering at a United Nations-run school in the Shati refugee camp and a journalist in the Jabaliya refugee camp.
In The Lebanon, the Jews' attacks killed another 59 people and wounded another 182 across The Lebanon over the previous 24-hour reporting period, the Health Ministry says. Among the dead are two more paramedics, as outrage pours in after at least 12 rescuers died earlier in the week.
At least 10 innocent civilians killed as Israeli airstrike hits school-shelter in al-Shati refugee camp
A deadly Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in the al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City has resulted in multiple casualties, including children and women, according to local sources.
Witnesses reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the UNRWA-run Abu Assi School, which has been providing shelter for displaced families. The attack claimed the lives of at least 10 civilians, including children and women, while around 20 others were injured and rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Rescue teams are still searching for additional survivors and victims in the rubble.
The school had previously been struck multiple times during the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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‘He was the light of my life and I lost him’: How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
As a famous orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh spent much of his career fixing broken limbs and broken bodies at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital.
One of the best-trained doctors in the enclave, a photo showing him covered in blood in Al-Shifa’s operating theatre went viral in 2018 [when Israeli snipers were shooting at unarmed Palestinian protesters every Friday for 20 months].
When war broke out last October, he worked around the clock. Pictures stored on his mobile phone show him standing in a hole, swinging a blunt-edged shovel as the hospital descended into crisis.
It had run out of fuel, food and basic pain relief and there was no more space to store dead bodies. Dressed in hospital scrubs, Dr Al-Bursh and his colleagues dug mass graves as the sound of explosions rang out behind the hospital’s walls.
Dr Al-Bursh spent his days in the operating room and slept in the staff room at night.
He also kept a diary of sorts with his mobile phone, documenting the increasingly desperate scenes unfolding around him (read the rest of his story here).
Israeli drone attack kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza
An Israeli drone attack has killed another journalist in Gaza.
Mohammed Saleh al-Sharif was wounded by a drone in Jabalia refugee camp, and was left “bleeding for more than two hours before succumbing to his injuries.” Israeli forces have been preventing civil defense and emergency medical teams from operating in northern Gaza for more than 25 days.
According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, 174 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s war on the Strip on October 7, 2023.
Fuel shortage in southern Gaza leaves 1.2M without water
The southern Gaza city of Khan Younis warned Saturday that a week-long fuel shortage has left more than 1.2 million residents and displaced individuals in the area without access to clean water, amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
In a statement, the city government said: “This persistent fuel stoppage has disrupted essential services, including the operation of water wells and desalination plants, leaving over 1.2 million citizens and displaced individuals in Khan Younis without potable and usable water.”
The city also raised concerns about the suspension of sewage treatment facilities, warning that untreated wastewater could flood the streets, exacerbating the risk of environmental and health disasters, and facilitating the spread of diseases and epidemics.
Calling for immediate action, the city government urged the international community and human rights groups to “urgently intervene to end the Israeli war on Gaza, which has destroyed all aspects of life.” It further urged UN agencies to “pressure Israel to resume fuel supplies and allow the entry of essential equipment and spare parts to prevent the complete collapse of public services.”
Israeli settlers invade West Bank village as Israeli soldiers look on
Israeli settlers have invaded the village of Beit Furik outside Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of masked settlers entered the village and burned houses and cars.
Israeli soldiers blocked the roads surrounding the village and stood by as the settlers launched their attack, local media reported.
“They did not leave anything, the electricity pole, and all our belongings, the sofas, the water tank, they did not leave a thing,” Mahmoud Hananeh, a resident of the village, said.
Pope Francis calls for global investigation into possible genocide in Gaza
Pope Francis has said the international community should study whether Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people.
In excerpts published on Sunday from a forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts say “what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide”.
“We should investigate carefully to assess whether this fits into the technical definition [of genocide] formulated by international jurists and organisations,” the pope said in excerpts published by Italian newspaper La Stampa.
Pope Francis has previously condemned the deaths of Palestinian children in Israeli strikes in Gaza, and described Israeli air strikes in Lebanon as going “beyond morality”.
Last week he met at the Vatican with a delegation of former captives held by Hamas in Gaza, who were campaigning for the release of relatives and others still being held.
It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. In September, he said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate , and that its military has gone beyond the rules of war.
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