‘No plan B’ without UNRWA, says commissioner-general
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says there is no “plan B” to provide aid to the occupied Palestinian territories following Israel’s order to ban the organisation last month.
Lazzarini said in Geneva that without the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the responsibility falls to the Israeli authorities to provide aid to the Gaza Strip.
“I have drawn the attention of the member states that now the clock is ticking … We have to stop or prevent the implementation of this bill,” he told reporters, saying there is no alternative to the agency’s services in Gaza besides allowing Israel to take them over.
Israeli forces strike makeshift tent in al-Mawasi, killing 2 children
Israeli helicopters have been expanding their attacks on al-Mawasi early this morning and overnight.
A makeshift tent has been targeted in al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, in the suburbs of the city. Medical sources in Al-Aqsa Hospital confirmed that four Palestinians were killed, including two young children. Apparently, they are all from the same family.
People who are still in al-Mawasi are expressing their deep concerns about safety because this area has been widely targeted over the past week, but the main focus of the Israeli military attacks has been on the northern part of Gaza in Beit Lahiya and the Jabalia refugee camp, which have been under relentless heavy bombardment.
Witnesses confirmed to Al Jazeera that the Israeli military has been using robots that are highly equipped with explosives to blow up residential neighbourhoods.
We saw different videos released by the Israeli army showing how they are blowing up full residential buildings in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya, creating a very destructive landscape there that prevents civilians from returning to live normally in that area.
PRCS evacuates 30 patients from northern Gaza to al-Shifa Hospital
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has evacuated 15 patients and their 16 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in coordination with the World Health Organization.
“Additionally, 15 patients and two companions were evacuated from Al-Awda Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross,” it said on X.
The Israeli army has placed the northernmost part of the Strip under a state of complete siege since early October, cutting off the area from all humanitarian aid, including medical supplies, and relentlessly bombing it.
🚑Today, the Palestine Red Crescent Society teams evacuated 15 patients and 16 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza City, in coordination with the World Health Organization.
📌Additionally, 15 patients and two companions were… pic.twitter.com/0pt3qYfUji
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) November 18, 2024
Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya kills two, strands residents
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that two people were killed and others wounded when the Israeli army hit a group of displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip city. The besieged people there are appealing for ambulances to be allowed to reach the area after the bombing, our correspondent says.
This is the same scene that played out yesterday, when the Israeli army attacked a multistorey building killing at least 50 people. In the aftermath of the bombing, the civil defence said it was unable to aid the victims of the attack due to the presence of Israeli troops.
A multi-storey residential building lies in ruins following an Israeli attack, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, November 17
