The Palestinian Authority has proposed moving a war-torn hospital in Gaza under Red Cross supervision, reports Breaking News.
It came after health officials warned that the only way to save the thirty newborns trapped in the hospital was to declare a ceasefire and get them out of the blockaded zone.
After days of fighting with Palestinian militants, Israeli forces have surrounded Shifa Hospital, where hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people are trapped by dwindling supplies and a lack of electricity to run incubators and other equipment.
Gaza’s largest hospital has become a symbol of Palestinian suffering in the war between Israel and Hamas that extends far beyond its walls.
Only one hospital in the north of the region is still able to admit patients, and nearly 200,000 Palestinians have been evacuated from the area in recent days amid worsening conditions in the south, the UN humanitarian office said on Tuesday, reports Breaking News.
The war, now in its sixth week, was sparked by a surprise attack by Hamas in Israel, in which the militants killed hundreds of civilians and took some 240 hostages in Gaza.
The conflict has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and caused widespread devastation in impoverished enclaves.
Hamas released a video of 19-year-old Noa Marciano, a hostage, before and after her death in what Hamas called an Israeli strike. The army later classified her as a fallen soldier without giving a cause of death, reports Breaking News.
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