Israel’s war on Gaza updates: People desperate for aid as crisis worsens
By Al Jazeera
Published 2024-02-17 17:00 Updated 2024-02-18 22:41 Source: Al Jazeera
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- Nasser Hospital has been put “completely out of service”, according to a spokesperson for the Gaza Health Ministry.
- This live page is now closed. You can follow our ongoing coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza here.
- Nasser Hospital has been put “completely out of service”, according to a spokesperson for the Gaza Health Ministry.
- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that some 200 patients are inside Nasser, which is Gaza’s second-largest medical facility and has been under an Israeli siege for nearly a month.
- Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank – two in a Tulkarem raid and one at a checkpoint east of Nablus.
- The United States is pledging to veto a new UN Security Council draft resolution proposed by Algeria that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’s demands for a ceasefire and prisoner release “delusional” after the group blamed Israel for a lack of progress in achieving a ceasefire deal.
- At least 127 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours. Israeli bombardment has killed at least 28,985 Palestinians and wounded 68,883 since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139.