Israeli forces shell entrance to Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital
At Kamal Adwan Hospital – the only health facility still operating in northern Gaza now – director Hussam Abu Safia says Israeli tanks have been shelling the entrance, rooftop and courtyard. People inside the hospital were injured by shrapnel. This is not the first time the overwhelmed health centre has been targeted by Israeli forces.
It was stormed by Israeli soldiers repeatedly over the past couple of weeks. Abu Safia said hospital staff who remain are struggling to treat the many wounded and sick in the besieged northern areas of Gaza, where Israel’s army launched a deadly ground invasion six weeks ago.
Gaza: ‘Urgency of the crisis cannot be overstated’
Earlier, we reported that 98 trucks from a United Nations 109-truck convoy carrying food for Gaza were raided by unidentified assailants and some of the workers transporting the goods were injured during the incident.
“[This] highlights the severity of access challenges of bringing aid into southern and central Gaza,” said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA’s senior emergency officer.
“The urgency of the crisis cannot be overstated. Without immediate intervention, severe food shortages are set to worsen, further endangering the lives of over two million people who depend on humanitarian aid to survive.”
An Israeli official said the main problem with aid deliveries was UN distribution challenges.
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Gaza ministry says 20 killed in aid-looter crackdown
Gaza’s Interior Ministry says at least 20 people were killed in an operation targeting “gangs” that looted United Nations trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory threatened with famine.
“More than 20 members of gangs involved in stealing aid trucks were killed in a security operation carried out by security forces in cooperation with tribal committees,” the ministry said in a statement.
“Today’s security operation will not be the last. The phenomenon of truck thefts … has severely impacted society and led to signs of famine in southern Gaza.”
The statement called the operation “the beginning of a broad security campaign that has been long planned and will expand to include everyone involved in the theft of aid trucks”.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing in New York Monday that only 11 of the convoy’s 109 trucks made it to the warehouse where they were expected.
‘Famine is imminent’: UK minister calls for surge in Gaza assistance
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says there needs to be a “huge, huge rise in aid” to Gaza, where most of the population of 2.3 million is displaced.
“The situation is devastating and, frankly, beyond comprehension, and it’s getting worse, not better,” Lammy said. “Winter’s here. Famine is imminent, and 400 days into this war, it is totally unacceptable that it’s harder than ever to get aid into Gaza.”
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council that Washington is closely watching Israel’s actions to improve the situation for Palestinians and engaging with the Israeli government every day.
“Israel must also urgently take additional steps to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza,” she said.
Teenager killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank
A teenager was shot and killed by Israeli forces east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reports.
The victim was identified as Noor Ahmad Mustafa Arafat, 18, who was fatally wounded by live rounds in the chest. Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the al-Masaken area, east of Nablus, and opened fire.
More than 700 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023.
Last week, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered preparations for the annexation of the West Bank ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025.
