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What is a ‘human shield’ and why is Israel using the term in Gaza?

Experts discuss the legal implications of the term ‘human shield’ as Israel has used it to justify attacks on hospitals and civilians. Rights organisations have accused Israel of war crimes as an overwhelming majority of the 11,100 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks are civilians, two-thirds of them women and children. In its defence, the Israeli

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Gaza’s Aqsa hospital warns patients, babies may end up in mass graves soon

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital warns that patients’ next transfer will be to mass graves if Israeli aggression continues. The steady churn of dialysis machines. The rhythmic drip-drip of blood from IVs. The low hum of life-support equipment keeping the babies in incubators alive, tubes running in and out of their little bodies. The routine functioning of

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Gaza’s two biggest hospitals cease operations as WHO warns of rising deaths

UN agency says three nurses killed at Al-Shifa, as WHO calls for immediate Israel-Gaza ceasefire to halt loss of life. Gaza’s two largest hospitals have stopped taking new patients due to Israeli bombardment and shortages of medicine and fuel amid reports of rising deaths among patients and medical staff. Al-Shifa and Al-Quds, Gaza’s biggest and second-biggest

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Japan Should Act to Prevent Further Atrocities in Israel and Palestine

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (C) and her delegation met with both the Israeli Foreign Minister in Tel Aviv and later the Palestinian Foreign Minister in the occupied West Bank on November 3, 2023.  © 2023 Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met with her Israeli counterpart on November 3 and condemned the “brutal

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First fuel truck since start of Israel-Hamas war enters Gaza

The diesel is only meant for UN aid trucks and not for hospitals as Israel’s siege of the strip continues. UN-flagged fuel trucks move towards the Rafah border crossing on October 16, 2023, during the Israel-Hamas war [File: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters] Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov 2023 The first truck delivering fuel to the

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She lost her home, had to send her kids away, but keeps reporting on Gaza

Khawla al-Khalidi lost her dream home in an Israeli attack and was displaced three times but continues working as a reporter. Khawla al-Khalidi, a journalist, films her first live of the day at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip [Atia Darwish/Al Jazeera] By Maram Humaid Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov

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The Take: Detained, tortured and banned – Workers from Gaza in Israel

Workers from Gaza recount horror stories after Israel suddenly revoked their work permits and put them in detention. Palestinian workers stranded in Israel since the October 7 attacks are received as they cross back into the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on November 3, 2023 [Said Khatib/AFP] Published On 15 Nov 202315

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Why is Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital so important for the Israeli army?

The largest hospital in the besieged enclave already faced shortages before Israeli forces blew up its medicine warehouse. People stand by the wrapped bodies of victims who were killed in Israeli bombardment as they lie outside the al-Shifa hospital [Dawood Nemer/AFP] By Maziar Motamedi Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov 2023 Correction16 Nov 2023 A previous

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