Israel's war on Gaza — now in its 135th day — has killed at least 28,985 Palestinians and wounded 68,883 others.
Nasser Hospital is a life-line for many and its closure means thousands of more Palestinians will die / Photo: AFPGaza's second-largest hospital has been put"completely out of service", a spokesperson for the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back, calling Hamas' demands “delusional” and rejecting US and international calls for a pathway to Palestinian statehood. Palestinian officials have sounded alarms that they may exhaust the funds necessary to meet payroll obligations and sustain essential government services as early as late February, US officials revealed.
The formal statement, he said, would reflect that,"Israel rejects outright international dictates regarding a permanent arrangement with the Palestinians.An Israeli offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah is “unacceptable because Palestinians have nowhere to go” Canada’s foreign minister has said.
At least 127 Palestinians have been killed and 205 others injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry added.Palestine’s prime minister has called for a deal to take place between the Palestinian resistance and Israel “as soon as possible.” "We are ready to engage. If Hamas is not then that's a different story. We need Palestinian unity," he said, adding that to be part of that unity Hamas needed to meet certain prerequisites.Avi Shlaim, an Israeli-British historian, spoke to TRT World in an exclusive about how Zionism created a 'monumental injustice to the Palestinians.'
“Both yesterday and the day before, the WHO team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess the conditions of the patients and critical medical needs, despite reaching the hospital compound to deliver fuel alongside partners,” he said.Portugal's Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho has expressed deep concern at the Munich Security Conference regarding the worsening humanitarian conditions in Palestine's Gaza.
The languishing efforts to pause the four-month-old war come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to reject international appeals to spare Gaza's southernmost city Rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million people have sought refuge. Palestinian representatives will argue that the Israeli occupation is illegal because it has violated three key tenets of international law, the Palestinian legal team told reporters.
Washington traditionally shields its ally Israel from any UN action and has already twice vetoed council action since October 7.
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