Concerns grow in Gaza over new coronavirus wave al-monitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al-monitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Death, destruction and glimmers of hope on the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza
Dispatch: Shellshocked Gazans make the most of a calm period but Friday’s ceasefire could be shattered by yet more fighting
22 May 2021 • 5:48pm
A Palestinian woman walks past a destroyed building in the al-Rimal commercial district in Gaza City
Credit: AFP
In the bowels of Shifa Hospital, there is a glimmer of hope among the shattered limbs, third degree burns and shrapnel wounds.
A doctor working his 24-hour shift recently amputated the lower leg of a seven-year-old boy. But his attention is now with a ten-year-old girl.
“If God wills it, we can save her foot, said Dr Abdullah Mohsen, 29, showing no signs of exhaustion as he treated victims of Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire for the first time in his career.
Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation after Biden calls for ‘significant de-escalation’
JERUSALEM (KYMA, KECY, NBC NEWS) - In his most emphatic statement since the latest Mideast violence began, President Joe Biden told his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday that he expects a significant de-escalation of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants on the path to a cease-fire, the White House said.
Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone and had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic efforts by regional governments and the United States, the White House said in a statement.
For the tenth day, Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes, with Palestinian armed factions keeping up cross-border rocket fire. Gaza medical officials say 219 Palestinians have been killed, including 64 children, and more than 1,570 wounded since the fighting began. Israeli authorities say 12 people have been killed in Israel, including two children.
Amid the relentless air strikes, the UNRWA has turned the schools it runs in the area into shelters for the displaced. Nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary-care health centres, according to UN estimates. Some 50,000 displaced people have sought cover in the schools, UNRWA spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna said.
Biden espera una disminución significativa de la violencia entre Israel y Gaza telemundo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telemundo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.