Two Canadian doctors, from Calgary and Montreal, have been treating patients at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza. These doctors and other health officials in the region say severe fuel shortages leave operating rooms without light, oxygen tanks without air and an overall inability to carry out basic medical treatment on patients in critical conditions. CBC | World News
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UN reports nearly 800 deaths near Gaza aid hubs, humanitarian convoys in last 6 weeks
The UN human rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups. CBC | World News
Read More »7 children killed in Israeli strike while lining up for nutritional supplements in central Gaza
At least seven children were killed by an Israeli strike in broad daylight while waiting in line for nutritional supplements near a medical centre in central Gaza on Thursday, health officials say. CBC | World News
Read More »What the Trump-Netanyahu meeting reveals about Gaza ceasefire talks
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Read More »Gaza hospital ‘one massive trauma ward’ treating Palestinians shot trying to access food: WHO
Nasser Hospital in Gaza is operating as “one massive trauma ward” due to an influx of patients wounded at non-United Nations food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the World Health Organization said on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel’s continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says
A new Amnesty International report says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed group that took over aid distribution in the territory more than a month ago — uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says Israel agrees to ‘necessary conditions to finalize’ 60-day Gaza ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the development — upon which Israel has yet to comment — as he prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »People in Gaza ‘starve or risk being shot’: NGOs urge end to aid work backed by U.S., Israel as deaths rise
More than 170 non-governmental organizations have issued a joint call for the dismantling of a food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group, as civilian deaths and injuries mount near aid sites in Gaza. In response, GHF is calling for other aid groups to collaborate with them. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strikes hit 4 school shelters in Gaza after hundreds of families ordered to evacuate
Palestinians in northern Gaza reported one of the worst nights of Israeli bombardment in weeks after the military issued mass evacuation orders on Monday. It comes as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by the Trump administration. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel tells people in northern Gaza to evacuate as Trump issues call for war to end
The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against Hamas, as U.S. President Donald Trump called for an end to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire. CBC | World News
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