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Hussam Shabat, a journalist collaborating with Al Jazeera Mubasher, was martyred in an Israeli strike targeting his car in the northern Gaza Strip,
an Al Jazeera alert said, referring to the network's live Arabic channel
This horrific war crime aims to obscure the truth and terrorise all those who carry the message of free speech,
it addedHe was doing perfectly well, and to have him be killed literally in his hospital bed, it’s not normal at all,
said Mr Sidhwa
When they opened the blanket it was obvious that it was my patient Ibrahim that I’d operated on a few days ago. He was dead, he was dead as a doornail. His head would have been eviscerated, his pupils were fixed and dilated, he had no heartbeat, so he was dead.”
Speaking from the hospital on Monday, Mr Sidhwa told The IndependentIt is pretty clear and understood that the objective of the current military operation is to pressure Hamas to accept Witkoff's proposal, not to come back to the negotiation table,
Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank, said on Monday
We must say this clearly: Returning to war could lead to hostages being accidentally harmed by our forces, or tortured and murdered by terrorists,
the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a press release ThursdayNaturally, we will not comment on future operational plans,
the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement sent to NBC News on MondayContacts with the neighborhood are cut off completely and the fate of (people) is unknown. Families are trapped among the ruins, with no water, no food, no medicine, amid a total collapse of healthcare services,
it said in a statement
ELIMINATED: Deputy commander of Hamas' Gaza Brigade and the commander of Hamas' Shejaiya Battalion."
Separately, the IDF confirmed the killing of two key Hamas commanders, writing
A key Hamas terrorist who was operating from within the Nasser Hospital compound in Gaza was precisely struck. The strike was conducted following an extensive intelligence-gathering process and with precise munitions in order to mitigate harm to the surrounding environment as much as possible."
In a post on X, the IDF statedHamas exploits civilian infrastructure while brutally endangering the Gazan population – cynically using an active hospital as a shelter for planning and executing murderous terrorist attacks in a direct violation of international law,
the military said in a statement
Hospitals across the Gaza Strip are overwhelmed. There are no medical supplies or medicine as the Israeli forces continue to close the border crossing for 21 days now,
Khoudary saidBenjamin Netanyahu has been ill recently. Well, he stands accused of genocide. Nobody thinks Hamas can bomb a hospital because Benjamin Netanyahu happens to go there. That’s crazy,
Sidhwa saidWe condemn this latest crime, which adds to the occupation’s long record of terrorism, violating sanctities, lives and medical facilities,
the Palestinian armed group said in a statementI operated on him. I believe on March 18, I did an abdominal operation. He probably would have gone home tomorrow, but now he’s dead,
Sidhwa told Al JazeeraThe whole hospital smells like smoke now,
he saidSo this is on Hamas. The United States stands with Israel,
he told Fox News, as reported by Al Jazeera
Every day that passed without the entry of vital humanitarian aid, including food, into the Gaza Strip brings the besieged territory closer to an acute hunger crisis."
Gaza's humanitarian crisis deepened, with UN official Philippe Lazzarini warningWhen the ceasefire began, we returned to put up tents next to the ruins of our homes, dreaming that soon our homes would be rebuilt,
said Abu Khaled, a Rafah resident
Preparations of the 36th Division for Operations in the Gaza Strip”.
It distributed video of tanks unloaded in a field and a caption that read