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hospital. the israel defense forces said its troops were opening a secure route to evacuate civilians sheltering near the hospital, but it did not intend to evacuate patients and medical staff. medical staff at nasser hospital have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout the conflict. israel claims that hamas uses this and other hospitals in gaza as cover for its operations a claim strongly denied by staff at the hospital. nasser hospital is in khan younis. further to the south in rafah, concerns are growing about the fate of a million people who have taken shelter in the city after israel said it was preparing a ground assault there. the un fears that more than a million people crammed inside rafah are staring death in the face . rafah has come under heavy israeli bombardment in recent days, with at least 67 people killed there on monday, according to gaza s hamas run health ministry. it all comes as the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called on h ....
to leave the hospital compound. you can see a large cut of people leaving the hospital. the israeli army has yet to comment. medical staff at nasser hospital have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout the conflict. israel claims that hamas uses this and other hospitals in gaza as cover for its operations. a claim strongly denied by staff at those hospitals. nasser hospital is in khan younis. meanwhile, concerns are growing about the fate of a million people who have taken shelter in gaza s southernmost city of rafah, with the possibilty of israel launching a ground assault there. the un fears that more than a million people who, it says, are crammed in rafah are staring death in the face , and rafah has come under heavy israeli bombardment in recent days, with at least 67 people killed there on monday, according to gaza s hamas run health ministry. it all comes as the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called on hamas to agree a deal to end the fighting q ....
they are trying their best to provide essential services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. so this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important rafah crossing which you can see here. this is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. i will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a public relations officer at the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. as we watch these live pictures of the rafah crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. thank you so much for having me. as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. their needs are increasing. their needs are increasing. pe ....
the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering israel which means it s currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. we ll have the very latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, israel has confirmed that 212 people are being held hostage in gaza. defence officials said israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of palestinian fighters, including the deputy chief of hamas rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,600 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. 4700. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated ....
rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,700 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. that includes 55 people overnight. israel s military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. earlier, the un s humanitarian chief told the bbc that the handful of aid trucks heading into gaza was not enough. the crossing is on the egyptian border and is the only route not bordering i ....