Doctors warn: Soon we will have no electricity - patients could die
Thousands of patients in Gaza are at risk of dying when the fuel for the hospitals' generators runs out, according to the UN, according to Reuters. Mohammed Qandeel works as a doctor at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis and he states that the fuel will not last until tomorrow, Monday. That would mean that "the entire care system is shut down," he says.
- We are talking about another disaster, another war crime, a historical tragedy.
In Nasser Hospital's intensive care unit, 35 patients need ventilators to survive. Another 60 go on dialysis.
- All these patients are at risk of dying if the electricity is turned off, says Qandeel.
The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that the Israeli evacuation order means a "death sentence" for the thousands of patients in Gaza's hospitals.
**********************
Press on the media: BBC reporter praised Hamas - Israel wants to shut down Al Jazeera
The BBC is investigating several employees within the public service company's Arabic department, writes The Telegraph. According to the paper, reporters have liked comments describing Hamas as freedom fighters. A senior correspondent also appears to have poked fun at relatives of an elderly Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas. The BBC, which is funded by license money, states that it is "urgently investigating" what happened.
At the same time, Israel directs criticism at Qatar's Al Jazeera. Israeli
Communications Minister Shloma Karhi accuses the television network of
supporting Hamas, and he calls for the closure of its newsroom in the
Israel-Palestine region.
Karhi states that they are investigating how a shutdown could take place.
Israel closes border area after Hezbollah attack - France tightens tone
One person has been killed in robot attacks carried out by Lebanese Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF, said, according to AFP. The attacks are said to have been aimed at a border village in northern Israel.
The IDF responded to the attack by knocking out targets belonging to Hezbollah, including the "source of the robot attack".
Due to the fighting, Israel has decided to close off an area near the border to civilians. In a statement, the IDF announces that a buffer zone of up to four kilometers from the border will be introduced.
At the same time, France is tightening its tone against Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran, which supports the Lebanese militia group. This is reported by the French public service station RFI.
"No pretext should be given for Lebanon to be dragged into war again, especially since Lebanon is extremely weakened due to the absence of functioning authorities," the French presidential office wrote in a statement.
**************************
Analysis: Support for Israel may drop as Gazans are killed
The war between Israel and Hamas risks becoming a protracted story, says Robert Clark, head of the Civitas think tank, to Sky News. According to him, Hamas has 40,000 soldiers in Gaza City alone, which would mean that Israel would have to send in 200,000 men, according to modern military doctrine.
At the same time, the British television channel's own correspondent Nicole Johnston writes in an analysis that the small oil state of Qatar may play an important role in the war.
She notes that the country has open communications with several actors that the West regards as terrorist organizations. Among them is Hamas. That quality makes Qatar valuable when countries in the West want to negotiate under the table. Johnston also notes that Qatar has confirmed that it is participating in the negotiations regarding the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas.
Dan Sabbagh, defense and security editor at The Guardian, writes about the pending Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. He predicts that such an offensive will be bloody and could lead to political consequences for Israel. For example, that the great international support that exists for the country will decrease as more and more Palestinians are killed.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar