Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
A hospital official in northern Gaza is raising the alarm as the building faces Israeli shelling “from all directions” after being ordered to evacuate as ceasefire negotiations continue the fire
One of Gaza’s few hospitals still partially functioning is in an area that has been under intense Israeli military pressure for nearly three months. He called for urgent help after being hit by Israeli fire.
“We are facing a continuous daily threat,” Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, said on Monday. “The shelling continues from all directions, affecting the building, departments and staff.”
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Meanwhile, at least 11 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave on Monday, medics said.
The Palestinians accuse Israel of seeking to permanently depopulate northern Gaza to create a buffer zone, which Israel denies.
Israel says its operation around the three communities in the far north of the Gaza Strip — Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia — is targeting Hamas militants.
Tom Fletcher, the UN aid chief, said Israeli forces had hampered efforts to deliver much-needed aid to northern Gaza.
“Northern Gaza has been under almost total siege for more than two months, raising the specter of famine,” he said on Monday.
“Southern Gaza is extremely overcrowded, creating horrific living conditions and even greater humanitarian needs as winter approaches.”
The loopholes appear to be narrowing in the truce agreement
Differences between Israel and Hamas over a possible cease-fire in Gaza have narrowed, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday, although crucial differences have yet to be resolved.
A new proposal by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the United States to end the fighting and free Israeli and foreign hostages gained momentum this month, although no progress has yet been reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that progress had been made in ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas in Gaza, but that he did not know how long it would take to see results.
LOOK | Palestinians in Gaza hope for a ceasefire:
Talks to negotiate a cease-fire and a hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas have resumed in Cairo, and sources close to the negotiations say a deal could be signed in the coming days. Palestinians in southern Gaza say they hope this round of talks will end the war so life can resume.
During a speech in Israel’s Knesset, Netanyahu said Israel had made “great achievements” militarily on several fronts and that military pressure on Hamas had led its leaders to soften their earlier demands.
The prime minister, amid complaints from opposition members, said Israel had consolidated its position as a “regional power”.
A Palestinian official familiar with the talks said that while some sticking points had been resolved, the identity of some of the Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in exchange for hostages had yet to be agreed upon, as well as the accurate deployment of Israeli troops in Gaza.
The length of the ceasefire has been a key sticking point throughout several rounds of failed negotiations. Hamas wants to end the war, while Israel wants to end Hamas rule in Gaza first.
“The question of ending the war completely has not yet been resolved,” the Palestinian official said.
The war was triggered by the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas in southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli records.
Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza has since killed more than 45,200 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-run enclave. Most of the population of 2.3 million have been displaced and much of Gaza is in ruins.
