Summary
On the 36th day of the war in Gaza, with the Palestinian death toll surpassing 11,000, according to the health ministry in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Israeli death toll was revised to 1,200, down from the original number of 1,400.
+ Up to 15,000 people inside Gaza's biggest hospital face slow death, doctors warn
+Al-Shifa under attack for over 12 hours
The health care system in the Gaza Strip is “on its knees,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Friday, noting that half of the territory’s 36 hospitals are no longer functioning.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the situation, said there had been more than 250 attacks on health care — such as strikes on hospitals, clinics, ambulances and patients — in Gaza and the West Bank, and 25 such attacks in Israel in the conflict triggered by Hamas’s shock October 7 assault.
“The best way to support those health workers and the people they serve is by giving them the tools they need to deliver that care — medicines, medical equipment and fuel for hospital generators,” he said, calling for an increase in aid trickling in through the Rafah crossing with Egypt and repeating the UN’s call for a cease-fire.
+UK healthcare professionals hold vigil for healthcare workers killed in Gaza
Tens of UK healthcare professionals held a vigil outside Downing Street in London, for healthcare workers killed in Gaza by Israeli bombings.
The coalition of non-partisan UK medical professionals and charities wrote to the UK’s Prime Minister demanding an immediate ceasefire
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+Al-Shifa doctor: We are hours away from death:
Israeli fighter jets and tanks have been shelling the area outside the hospital, the biggest in the coastal enclave, for over 12 hours without a pause.
The hospital's yard was struck on Saturday, leading to a fire. It came shortly after electricity was completely shut down.
The power outage has led to the death of one premature baby hooked to incubators so far, according to Munir al-Bursh, the director of the Palestinian ministry of health.
Al-Bursh said more babies and patients on life support will die every hour if power does not return soon.
"Electric lines were cut off and generators stopped working. We are surrounded and cannot leave our places," al-Bursh told Al Jazeera.
"Thousands are trapped inside the complex, including patients, medical staff, and some first responders and civil defence personnel," Abu Salima said.
"We are hours away from death, and the world is watching us die, but we are not numbers," he added.
+Arab and Muslim world leaders to discuss Gaza situation in Saudi Arabia
Late on Friday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry confirmed that the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summits would be combined.
Riyadh said combining the two summits underscores the importance of reaching a
"unified collective position that expresses the common Arab and Islamic will regarding the dangerous and unprecedented developments witnessed in Gaza and the Palestinian territories."
+Northern Gaza is 'hell on earth', says UN official
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains undeterred by the global calls to end the fighting despite pressure from allies like the United States and France.
Late on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in India that
"far too many Palestinians have been killed; far too many have suffered these past weeks."
+Around 30,000 Palestinians fled southwards on Friday, according to the UN.
Crowds of Palestinian families stretching as far as the eye could see walked out of Gaza City and surrounding areas toward the south Thursday. They sought to escape Israeli strikes and ground troops battling Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods.
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Israel faced mounting international pressure, including from its main ally the United States, to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified near hospitals.
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