Two Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike north of Gaza City
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that two people have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on Ahmed Yassin Street, in the north of Gaza City.
Assault on northern Gaza has escalated to ‘horrifying level of atrocity’, say doctors
A group of doctors and NGOs claims northern Gaza is being “wiped off the map” as a result of Israel’s ongoing intensified assault, now in its 11th day.
The assault has escalated to a “horrifying level of atrocity”, says an open letter written by Dr Mohammed Salha, acting director of al-Awda Hospital in the Jabalia refugee camp, one of the areas hardest hit by Isreal’s siege.
“The Israeli military has contacted us more than once to evacuate the hospital,” he said.
“[All] the departments are full of wounded people and we are discharging even the wounded who have minor or moderate injuries, because we do not have [enough] beds for them.”
“We demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israel’s illegal occupation,” he said.
The letter is signed by more than two dozen organisations including ActionAid, Plan International Jordan and War on Want.
Ten members of displaced family killed in Gaza
Ten members of the Abu Taamiya family were killed by an Israeli air strike in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Israeli air strikes have intensified across Gaza in recent days.
Gazan reporter may be paralyzed after being shot by Israeli forces, doctor says
Fadi Wael Abdel Karim Al-Wahidi, seen in a hospital bed, is a Palestinian photojournalist who was shot while covering an Israeli incursion and could be paralyzed, his doctor at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital said. His colleague, Anas Al-Sharif, warned that Al-Wahidi is unable to receive adequate medical treatment because they are “trapped in northern Gaza under siege.”
A 24-year-old Palestinian reporter who spoke to CNN in May about documenting the horrors of the war in Gaza could now be paralyzed, according to his doctor, after he was fired on last week while covering the Israeli incursion in northern Gaza.
Fadi Wael Abdel Karim Al-Wahidi, a photojournalist working for Al Jazeera, was shot in the neck near the Jabalya refugee camp on October 9, the network said, accusing the Israeli military of shooting at a group of reporters.
Dr. Fadel Naim, a medic at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, told CNN Friday that Al-Wahidi’s condition was “very serious.” “A piece of shrapnel struck his neck, severing the veins there,” Naim said.
Naim said there were not enough supplies in northern Gaza to stabilize Al-Wahidi, who needs surgery. Israel’s campaign has caused severe drug shortages in the besieged strip. “He will likely suffer from paraplegia,” the doctor added.
The Israeli military told CNN it was “not aware of IDF (Israel Defense Forces) troops in the specified area” at that time.
Israel has ‘free hand’ in West Bank with all eyes on Gaza, and Lebanon
Beit Furik is one of multiple hot spots the Israeli army continuously targets. The north of the occupied West Bank, in general, has been hit by daily raids.
Today, we saw some confrontations between the Israeli army and some armed fighters in that area. Two injuries were confirmed by the Palestinian Red Crescent among civilians, including a child.
We’ve seen an increase in those attacks by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, including assassinations in Jenin, Tulkarem and Nablus.
While the world’s attention is focused on Lebanon and Gaza, many observers feel that Israel believes it has a free hand to do as it wants in the occupied West Bank, to keep things under wraps.
