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Main events from December 29th

  • Israeli forces killed at least 30 Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, including nine in an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and seven in an assault on al-Wafaa Hospital in northern Gaza City.
  • Israeli forces also arrested four Palestinian patients who were being transferred from the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. One of them is reported to be in critical condition.
  • The attacks come as winter brings new dangers for forcibly displaced Palestinians. A fifth baby has died of hypothermia, and authorities are predicting colder temperatures in the coming days and hours.
  • Calls are also growing for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital who was arrested after Israeli forces stormed the facility and set fire to it on Friday.
  • In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) forces engaged in renewed clashes with armed groups in the Jenin refugee camp. The PA has been carrying out what it calls a security operation there.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery on Sunday to have his prostate removed, officials at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Centre said.




Palestinians living in the area inspect it after an Israeli air strike on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya on December 29



Displaced Palestinians survive in tent camps amid wind, rain