2023-11-11 22:15:05
The situation is increasingly dramatic at al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, as intense fighting takes place nearby between Israeli troops and Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters.
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 36th day, Saturday November 11. As intense fighting took place around al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, Israeli NGOs Physician for Human Rights-Israel and Médecins Sans Frontière reported that two premature babies died after forced shutdown of neonatal intensive care due to lack of electricity in this hospital. Here is what to remember from this new day of conflict.
Tense situation around Gaza’s largest hospital
Intense fighting pits Israeli troops against Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters near al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. The NGOs Physician for Human Rights-Israel and Médecins Sans Frontière reported that two premature babies died after neonatal intensive care was forced to shut down due to lack of electricity. There is also “a real risk for the lives of the 37 other premature babies” of this service, also warned the Israeli NGO.
In response, the Jewish state army said it would help evacuate babies. “The staff of al-Chifa hospital requested that tomorrow we help evacuate the babies from the pediatric ward to a safer hospital. We will provide the necessary assistance”assured army spokesperson Daniel Hagari during a press conference.
“Nearly 200,000 people” left the north for the south in three days, according to the Israeli army
The Israeli army claimed that “nearly 200,000 people” left the northern Gaza Strip, where fighting against Hamas has intensified, for the south over the past three days. Israel agreed to make daily humanitarian “breaks” to allow civilians to flee to the south of the territory, which is more spared.
Hezbollah claims to strengthen its attacks against Israel, Tel Aviv warns
While there have been daily exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah on the border since October 8, the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, claimed that his powerful formation had started using new weapons in the attacks it carries out. daily.
In response, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian Hamas, that Beirut could suffer the same fate as Gaza if the powerful Lebanese movement drags Lebanon into war. A statement which comes as an Israeli raid targeted a vehicle on Saturday in southern Lebanon, some 45 km north of the common border, without causing any casualties. This is the first time that an objective has been targeted by an Israeli raid so far from the border.
Arab, Muslim leaders call for binding UN resolution
Leaders of Arab and Muslim countries have called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt “a decisive and binding resolution” to end the “aggression” Israeli in the Gaza Strip.
The final declaration of the joint summit of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in the Saudi capital Riyadh affirms that refraining from “doing so encourages Israel to continue its brutal aggression which is killing innocent people (…) and reducing Gaza to ruins.” The leaders also condemned the “barbaric” actions of Israeli forces in Gaza, but stopped short of outlining punitive economic and political measures against Israel.
Several demonstrations to demand “a ceasefire”
Around 300,000 people marched peacefully in London, UK, to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The police believed that it was “the most important step” organized in the British capital since October 7, the date of the Hamas terrorist attacks.
In Paris, several thousand people also marched to demand a “ceasefire” and an end to the “massacre in Gaza”, at the call of several left-wing movements and La France insoumise.
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