While Israel continues to reject a (temporary) ceasefire (Hamas’ demands for hostage deal are "disconnected from reality," Israel’s hostage coordinator says)
"Large number” of medical personnel, patients and displaced people remain trapped inside Nasser Medical Complex
A “large number” of medical personnel, patients and displaced people remain trapped inside southern Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex, the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday night local time. It said those trapped in the maternity building had been subjected to “interrogation in harsh and inhumane conditions” by Israeli forces.
Electricity also remains cut off to the complex as a result of generators not working, increasing the chances of death for cases requiring oxygen. Five medical personnel and 120 patients remain in the old building of the compound without food or water, it said. The statement also claimed Israeli forces had prevented the evacuation of serious cases to other hospitals.
In a statement issued Saturday, the IDF said operations were still underway in Khan Younis, where Nasser hospital is located, with “approximately 100 individuals suspected of terrorist activity being apprehended.” “In parallel to the searches, IDF troops killed terrorists around the area of the hospital,” it said. Israeli special forces entered the hospital complex on Thursday, with the IDF saying “Hamas terrorists are likely hiding behind injured civilians inside Nasser hospital."
The IDF also claimed there was "credible intelligence from a number of sources, including from released hostages" that bodies of deceased hostages may be present there. The military did not publicly release evidence to back up its claim.Hamas said it had “no business” in the hospital.
With Al Shifa the IDF still bothered to doctor up some 'evidence' (which all got debunked) They know now Western media doesn't care, simply repeats it as truth anyway. Even CNN, while reporting there is no evidence, reports it as fact in their summaries.
Flee North, flee South, makes no difference, no where to go.
Displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah after intensified Israeli airstrikes, say UN officials
A woman reacts as she stands before a vehicle loaded with items secured by rope as people flee from Rafah, Gaza on February 13.
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s southernmost Rafah city are reportedly fleeing towards northern Deir al Balah as Israeli airstrikes intensify amid the prospect of ground operations, according to a UN body. “Intensified airstrikes on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population are crammed into less than 20 per cent of the Gaza Strip, and statements by Israeli officials about a ground operation in Gaza have reportedly led to the movement of people out of Gaza’s southernmost governorate toward Deir al Balah,” said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Earlier on Friday, former Israeli prime minister and current war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Israel “won’t stop” until all hostages are returned, even if that means continuing hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He added that Israel is preparing for a military incursion into Gaza and will act “in dialogue” with its partners, including Egypt, and “direct the population to protected areas.”
In a separate statement on Friday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told reporters that Israel had “no intention” of sending Palestinians into Egypt as part of an evacuation of Rafah, the focus of its next military offensive. Gallant provided no details about a potential evacuation but said “we are thoroughly planning future operations in Rafah, which is a significant Hamas stronghold.” Israeli officials have said the military is working on a detailed plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of a planned offensive there but have yet to share details.
"We were walking in water, sand, mud": Palestinian women describe terror of 12-mile escape on foot from Gaza City
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/middleeast/gaza-city-escape-israel-hamas-war-cmd-intl/index.html
Palestinians walk next to damaged buildings in Gaza City, on February 11.
After being trapped in a building for more than a week in a neighborhood of Gaza City besieged by Israeli troops, a group of Palestinian women told CNN they were forced to flee south with their children, leaving other family members behind and some walking barefoot for more than 12 miles along a stretch of coastline to escape. One woman said she had no choice but to abandon her elderly stepmother on the beach, and feared she’d since been attacked by dogs that were roaming the area.
CNN spoke with the four women at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, where they arrived on February 3 with their 16 children – age 9 months to 12 years – after walking for about eight hours in the cold rain from Gaza City. The group of relatives and neighbors, who are from Abu Eskandar, a neighborhood in northern Gaza, said they had sought shelter in Gaza City on their journey south, holding up in an apartment building in the Al-Rimal neighborhood.
In extensive interviews, the women alleged that Israeli forces abducted their husbands and sons, older relatives, and one sister, a female doctor, from the apartment building where they were sheltering in Gaza City. They accused the Israeli military of blowing up the building, as well as others nearby.
And the reporting keeps suggesting it's all not that bad with headlines like these
ICJ decides that situation in Gaza does not demand additional provisional measures
Much further down the article the reason comes out. No additional measures are needed, the ones set need to be implemented / adhered to and have continued to be violated.
“This perilous situation demands immediate and effective implementation of the provisional measures indicated by the Court in its Order of 26 January 2024, which are applicable throughout the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah, and does not demand the indication of additional provisional measures,” the court’s decision reads.
“The Court emphasizes that the State of Israel remains bound to fully comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention and with the said Order, including by ensuring the safety and security of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” the ICJ said.
And always a good opportunity to re-iterate Israel's right to self defense
Reacting to the latest urgent request at the ICJ, Israel accused South Africa of trying to deny Israel's right to defend itself and its citizens. "South Africa's legally and factually unfounded submission proves once again that it is the legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organization," Lior Haiat, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson, said Wednesday.
Western media is complicit in genocide, plain and simple
