Displaced Palestinians leave Gaza hospital after being trapped for weeks
Palestinians have begun to evacuate the main hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to video shared by medics on Wednesday. Several weeks of heavy fighting had isolated the medical facility and cost many lives inside it.
The war has devastated Gaza’s health sector, with less than half of its hospitals partially functioning because daily Israeli bombardments kill and injure large numbers of people. Israel has accused the militants of using hospitals and other civilian buildings as cover.
Khan Yunis is the main target of an ongoing ground offensive, which Israel has said will soon be extended to Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah. About 1.4 million people – more than half the region’s population – are crammed into tent camps and packed apartments and shelters in the city on the border with Egypt.
Video shows dozens of Palestinians leaving the Nasser hospital complex carrying sacks of their belongings. A doctor wearing green hospital scrubs walked at the front of the crowd, some of whom held white flags.
The Gaza Health Ministry said last week that Israeli snipers on nearby buildings were preventing people from entering or leaving the hospital. It said 10 people have been killed inside the complex in the past week, including three who were shot dead on Tuesday.
The ministry says about 300 medical staff were treating about 450 patients, including those injured in the strike. It said 10,000 displaced people were taking shelter in the facility. It said Israel had ordered the evacuation of displaced people, but said doctors and patients could stay.
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Number of Palestinians taking shelter in hospital
Families of Israeli hostages visit UN’s top court
Relatives of former captives and hostages held by Hamas in southern Israel are visiting the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday to demand prosecutors charge and arrest the terrorist group’s leaders. The move came a day after officials said talks between Israel and Hamas were making progress toward another ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
The group organizing Wednesday’s march – the Hostages and Missing Families Forum – said in a statement that the complaint it was filing included “hostage-taking, enforced disappearance, crimes of sexual violence, torture and more serious allegations”. Are”.
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is already investigating alleged crimes committed by both sides in the conflict. He also called for the immediate release of the hostages.
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