Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows al-Shifa hospital and surroundings in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
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Family members of Sgt. Roni Eshel cry during her funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. Eshel was killed during Hamas无毛视频� bloody cross-border rampage on Oct. 7, 2023. At least 1,200 people were killed and some 240 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel by the militant group that rules Gaza.
A Palestinian wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
Adva Rozenblit mourns over the coffin of her son staff Sgt. Gilad Rozenblit , 21, in Kibbutz Ginegar, northern Israel, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. He was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
Members of the Palestinian health sector take part in a rally to protest the collapse of the Palestinian health services in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight and into Sunday as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory's largest hospital, where health officials say thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped with no electricity and dwindling supplies.
A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
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Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
Mourners sit next to graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, outside the cemetery in Kfar Saba, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Thousands of Israelis have joined protests and other gatherings calling on the Israeli government to do more to bring home the 239 hostages being held in Gaza.
Passersby are reflected by mirrors on a poster with photographs of hostages abducted by Hamas militants in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows al-Shifa hospital and surroundings in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) 无毛视频� Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza无毛视频檚 largest hospital rejected Israel无毛视频檚 claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed urgent international calls for a cease-fire unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the war.
A day after Netanyahu said Israel was bringing its 无毛视频渇ull force无毛视频� with the aim of ending Hamas无毛视频� 16-year rule in Gaza, residents reported heavy airstrikes and shelling, including around Shifa Hospital. Israel, without providing evidence, has accused Hamas of concealing a command post inside and under the compound, allegations denied by Hamas and hospital staff.
无毛视频淭hey are outside, not far from the gates,无毛视频� said Ahmed al-Boursh, a resident sheltering there.
The hospital无毛视频檚 last generator ran out of fuel Saturday, leading to the deaths of three premature babies and four other patients, according to the Health Ministry. It said another 36 babies are at risk of dying.
Israel无毛视频檚 military asserted it placed 300 liters (634 pints) of fuel near Shifa overnight for an emergency generator for incubators for premature babies and coordinated the delivery with hospital officials. 无毛视频淪adly, they haven无毛视频檛 taken the fuel yet,无毛视频� spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said. He said if this fuel doesn无毛视频檛 work, they will seek 无毛视频渙ther solutions for the babies.无毛视频�
A Health Ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, told Al Jazeera that 无毛视频渟omeone contacted the director and said they have 200 liters of fuel. These 200 liters give less than an hour to run the generator. 无毛视频� This is a mockery towards the patients and children.无毛视频�
Speaking to CNN, Netanyahu asserted that 无毛视频�100 or so无毛视频� people had been evacuated from Shifa and that Israel had created safe corridors.
But Health Ministry Undersecretary Munir al-Boursh said Israeli snipers have deployed around Shifa, firing at any movement inside the compound.
无毛视频淭here are wounded in the house, and we can无毛视频檛 reach them,无毛视频� he told Al Jazeera. 无毛视频淲e can无毛视频檛 stick our heads out of the window.无毛视频�
The military said troops would assist in moving babies on Sunday. But Medical Aid for Palestinians, a U.K.-based charity that has supported Shifa无毛视频檚 neonatal intensive care unit for years, questioned that. 无毛视频淭he transfer of critically ill neonates is a complex and technical process,无毛视频� CEO Melanie Ward said in a statement. 无毛视频淲ith ambulances unable to reach the hospital 无毛视频� and no hospital with capacity to receive them, there is no indication of how this can be done safely.无毛视频�
The only safe option is for Israel to stop its assault and allow fuel to reach the hospital, Ward said.
The Health Ministry said there are 1,500 patients at Shifa, along with 1,500 medical personnel and between 15,000 and 20,000 people seeking shelter.
The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said another Gaza City hospital, Al-Quds, is 无毛视频渘o longer operational无毛视频� because it has run out of fuel with 6,000 people trapped there. Gaza无毛视频檚 sole power plant was forced to shut down a month ago, and Israel has barred fuel imports, saying Hamas would use them for military purposes.
One woman fleeing northern Gaza, Fedaa Shangan, said she无毛视频檇 had a cesarean section at Al-Quds: 无毛视频淭he wound is still fresh.无毛视频� She said the Israeli army near the hospital 无毛视频渄id not care about the presence of patients, children, women and the elderly. They did not care about anyone.无毛视频�
Alarm was growing. 无毛视频淲e do not want to see a firefight in a hospital where innocent people, helpless people, people seeking medical care are caught in the crossfire,无毛视频� President Joe Biden无毛视频檚 national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told ABC无毛视频檚 无毛视频淭his Week.无毛视频�
无毛视频淒ecisive international action is needed now to secure an immediate humanitarian cease-fire无毛视频� amid attacks on health care, the U.N. regional directors of the World Health Organization and others said in a statement, adding that more than half of Gaza无毛视频檚 hospitals are closed.
Muhammed Zaqout, director of hospitals in Gaza, said the Health Ministry has been unable to update the death toll since Friday as medics are unable to reach areas hit by Israeli bombardment. 无毛视频淭he situation is extremely dire,无毛视频� he said.
About 2.3 million Palestinians remain trapped in the besieged territory.
Netanyahu has said the responsibility for any harm to civilians lies with Hamas. Israel has long accused the group, which operates in dense residential neighborhoods, of using civilians as human shields.
EVACUATION WINDOWS, BUT NO PAUSES
The U.S. has pushed for temporary pauses that would allow for wider distribution of badly needed aid to civilians in the besieged territory, where conditions are increasingly dire.
But Israel has only agreed to brief daily periods during which civilians can flee the area of ground combat in northern Gaza and head south on foot along two main roads. Israel continues to strike what it says are militant targets across southern Gaza, often killing women and children.
Hospital officials said at least 13 were killed after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building in the southern town of Khan Younis.
The war has displaced over two-thirds of Gaza无毛视频檚 population, with most fleeing south.
Wael Abu Omar, spokesperson for Gaza无毛视频檚 border crossings, said 846 people left Gaza to Egypt through the Rafah crossing Sunday, of which 826 were foreigners.
The rest included wounded, patients from Gaza无毛视频檚 hospitals and their caretakers.
He said 76 aid trucks entered Gaza. The U.N. and partners have said much more needs to enter daily.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on X, formerly Twitter, that he asked European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to apply the same 无毛视频渓egal, moral grounds无毛视频� for EU support of Ukraine to 无毛视频渄efine its stand on Israel无毛视频檚 war crimes.无毛视频�
More than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and minors, have been killed since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths. About 2,700 people have been reported missing.
At least 1,200 people have been killed on the Israeli side, mostly civilians killed in the initial Hamas attack. Forty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ground offensive began.
About 250,000 Israelis have evacuate d from communities near Gaza, where Palestinian militants are still firing barrages of rockets, and along the northern border with Lebanon.
NETANYAHU REJECTS U.S. POSTWAR VISION
Netanyahu has begun to outline Israel无毛视频檚 postwar plans for Gaza, which contrast sharply with the vision put forth by the United States.
He says Gaza would be demilitarized and Israel would retain the ability to enter Gaza freely to hunt down militants. He rejects the idea that the Palestinian Authority, which currently administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would at some stage control Gaza. Hamas drove the PA无毛视频檚 forces out of Gaza in 2007.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the U.S. opposes an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza and envisions a unified Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank as a step toward a Palestinian state. Even before the war, Netanyahu无毛视频檚 government was opposed to Palestinian statehood.
The war threatens to trigger a wider conflict, with Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon trading fire along the border. Attacks by Hezbollah on Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel无毛视频檚 military and rescue services said.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to protest against rising antisemitism. And in Tel Aviv, several hundred women gathered to seek the return of hostages taken by Hamas.
Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Amy Teibel in Jerusalem, Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.
Full AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war.