Due to the present scarcity of sugar, that has been blamed on the contraband trade to the neighbouring countries, stores around Belize have resorted to rationing sugar. Customers claim that they can’t get sugar, and when they can they are limited to two- or three-pound bags.
Hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate Al-Shifa, Gaza City's largest hospital, many leaving on foot amid gunfire and explosions. Thousands of protesters in Israel have marched through Jerusalem demanding the release of hostages taken by the Hamas military group during the October 7 raids.
Essentially an agency in the Hamas government, the ministry supervises health services in the enclave. Its estimates of casualties are cited by news organisations, human rights groups, and international governments and bodies