BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza

Women such as Hanan face labour at home without medical help or pain relief, with only neighbours and relatives to help

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023

No Functional Hospitals Left In Northern Gaza: WHO

There are no longer any functional hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization said Thursday, describing "unbearable" scenes of largely abandoned patients begging for food and water.

International Business Times · Dec 21, 2023

Israel claims to have discovered biggest Hamas tunnel yet inside Gaza

Military says the tunnel is estimated to be 4 kilometres long (2.5 miles), which would make it the length of 40 football pitches

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

Hospital damage in Gaza during Israeli offensive – a visual investigation

Study covering period in late October and early November shows damage to 10 hospitals and health facilities

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

Gaza Update: ceasefire holds for now, but array of armed Hamas allies could threaten this fragile truce

So far, the ceasefire between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, originally set at four days and since extended twice as more hostages and prisoners are exchanged, remains in place. There have been concerns that isolated incidents of violence, including one in Jerusalem where three Israeli civilians were gunned…

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2023

WHO concerned about al-Shifa chief detained by Israel, remaining patients

Israel says hospital director is being questioned; WHO voices fears over safety of dozens who still in the facility.

Al Jazeera · Nov 25, 2023

Israel-Hamas war: Biggest aid convoy since start of war enters Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2023

Israel arrests Gaza hospital director and bombs 300 targets amid truce delay

IDF claims al-Shifa hospital was Hamas command and control centre as footage of tunnels and underground rooms appears

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Middle East Roundup: Nervous anticipation for truce, exchange of captives

As Palestinians wait with bated breath for a pause in the Israeli bombardment, here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera · Nov 23, 2023

Hamas says truce deal with Israel 'is in sight'

Hopes are mounting that dozens of hostages seized by Hamas could be released from the Gaza Strip, after the group's leader and key mediator Qatar both said a truce agreement with Israel was within reach.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 21, 2023