Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli air strikes hit areas near al-Shifa hospital
- Al-Qassam Brigades says it is confronting Israeli forces as they try to advance deeper into Gaza City.
- Dozens of Palestinians were killed in intense overnight Israeli bombardments in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north and Sabra in western Gaza.
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Israel ‘crushing all humanitarian values’
Israel is “crushing all humanitarian values” as it continues its attack on Gaza that have killed more than 10,000 people since October 7, Turkey’s President Erdogan said.
“Israel continues to bomb schools, mosques, churches, hospitals, crushing all humanitarian values,” Erdogan said, adding that 73 percent of those killed are women and children.
He added that Turkey has sent 10 planes carrying 230 tonnes of humanitarian aid to El Arish airport for Gaza with the help of Egypt.
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Turkey prepared to take in Gaza children with cancer
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca says his country is prepared to take in and treat children with cancer in Gaza.
Talking about a phone call he had with his Israeli counterpart Uriel Menachem Buso, Koca said he mentioned that the only hospital in Gaza providing cancer treatment was no longer operational.
“I reminded him of our need to continue to treat innocent children,” Koca said. “I emphasised that we are prepared for victims, particularly children, to be taken to Egypt by ambulances and then to Turkey by air ambulance. We will begin transporting cancer patients to Turkey as soon as possible.”
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Photos: Gaza on Thursday morning
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Palestinian mothers say children suffering from dehydration
Palestinian mothers sheltering in schools and hospitals in central Gaza have reported children being dehydrated and severely underweight.
The mother of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, Yamen Mohammed Hajjaj, said she was displaced from the Shujaiya neighbourhood to al-Nuseirat camp and suffered from dehydration and diarrhoea after staying in a UNRWA school.
Another woman said her child had contracted gastroenteritis and lost half her weight as a result of a lack of nutrition.
Footage has shown that one of the medical centres in the Nuseirat camp is overcrowded as families come with their sick children looking for help.
The World Health Organization has said that more than 33,551 cases of diarrhoea had been reported since mid-October, the majority of which were among children aged under five.
As part of Israel’s war on Gaza, it laid a “total siege” on the already besieged enclave, stopping food, water and medical supplies from entering the Strip. While aid trucks have been allowed in, the amount of help coming in is not enough to assist all those in need amid the intensifying Israeli attacks.
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