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The attack damaged medical supplies essential for lifesaving treatments and is a further violation of international law. It marks yet another assault in Israel’s campaign to systematically dismantle Gaza’s health system,
it continued
Nasser Hospital is the backbone of what healthcare remains in southern Gaza,
the group saidThis is not food that Hamas is going to steal,
he told the BBCThousands of people and hundreds of humanitarian facilities, including wells, pumping stations, health facilities, and schools, are impacted,
the agency saidWe get impeded at every point. But we'll load those up with that baby food, and our people will run those risks.”
Mr Fletcher continued
Everything's empty. The warehouses, the distribution centres, they've been empty for weeks,
said Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson for the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWAThere are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them,
he saidThe Israeli Government's denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law,
the countries said in a joint statement
The war can end tomorrow if the remaining hostages are released, Hamas lays down its arms, its murderous leaders are exiled and Gaza is demilitarized,
said the Israeli leaderYou have around an estimated 14,000 children that I know are facing what we call severe acute malnutrition,
he told CBS News on Monday, meaning those children could die without rapid interventionWhilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid, Israel blocked humanitarian aid entering Gaza for over two months. Food, medicines and essential supplies are exhausted. The population faces starvation. Gaza’s people must receive the aid they desperately need,
the joint statement Monday said
We are ready to release the prisoners all at once, provided the occupation commits to a cessation of hostilities under international guarantees, and we will not hand over the occupation’s prisoners as long as it insists on continuing its aggression against Gaza indefinitely.”
Zuhri went on to sayThere is no truth to the rumors regarding the movement’s agreement to release nine Israeli prisoners in exchange for a two-month ceasefire.”
Hours later, another senior Hamas leader, Sami Abu Zuhri, denied and contradicted that proposal, posting a statement on Al-Aqsa TV’s TelegramIsrael as the occupying power, has a legal responsibility actually to provide aid,
James Elder told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Connect the WorldWill you act – decisively – to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? Or will you say instead, ‘we did all we could?’
he told the UN Security CouncilIt is logistically complicated and the conditions on the ground are dangerous,
he said
A sane country doesn’t engage in fighting against civilians, doesn’t kill babies as a hobby and doesn’t set for itself the goals of expelling a population,
Yair Golan, a retired general and leader of the opposition Democrats party, told a local radio
Israel is on the path to becoming a pariah state among the nations, like the South Africa of old, if it does not return to behaving like a sane country,
said Golan saidThe IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will continue to facilitate humanitarian assistance in Gaza while making every effort to ensure the aid does not fall into Hamas' hands,
COGAT said in a post on social media platform X
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