[Politics] Israel will allow 'very minimal' daily shipments of fuel; telecom services partially restored in Gaza

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Israel announced Friday that it will allow for the first time “very minimal” daily shipments of fuel into Gaza for use by the U.N. and communications system.

Aid agencies say the lack of fuel has forced them to call off deliveries of basic necessities in the Gaza Strip. They warned of possible widespread starvation in the besieged enclave because of the lack of fuel, and said most people in Gaza were without adequate food and clean water.

Gaza death toll surpasses 12,000, including 5,000 children, Gaza media office says

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The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 12,000, according to the media office of the Hamas-controlled government.

This includes 5,000 children and more than 3,000 women, the media office said. More than 3,700 people are missing, including 1,800 children who are thought to be under the rubble.

Around 200 doctors, nurses and paramedics were also killed, according to the media office.

Around 255 schools, 76 mosques and 95 government headquarters have been destroyed by Israeli bombardment. As many as 25 hospitals and 52 health centers are out of service, and 55 ambulances were also targeted by airstrikes, according to the media office.

The media office said that hospitals in Gaza “only provide health services to the sick and wounded,” and Israel’s claims that Hamas is storing weapons and military gear within them are “false lies that do not deceive anyone.”

“The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip had asked dozens of times from all institutions, organizations, international bodies and relevant parties to form technical teams to visit and inspect all hospitals in the context of refuting the false inflammatory narrative of the Israeli occupation that it has been using for years,” the media office said.

The media office called on the international community to apply pressure on Israel to end its raid on Al-Shifa Hospital and open the Rafah crossing to allow aid in.

 

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