Israel-Hamas war live: Gaza hospitals ‘flooded with dead bodies’

• Gaza Health Ministry official says hospitals “flooded with an influx of dead bodies”.
• Israel’s military widens its ground offensive in southern Gaza as Palestinian officials say more than 800 people killed since Saturday.
• Israeli forces arrest more Palestinians in overnight and early morning raids across the occupied West Bank.
• At least 15,899 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

• 1.9 million people displaced in Gaza since October 7: UNRWA

  The UN agency that provides relief to Palestinian refugees says the figure represents more than 80 percent of the population of the besieged coastal enclave.

  “A staggering 1.2 million people are sheltering in 156 UNRWA installations across all five governorates – including in the North and Gaza City,” it added.

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• Telecom services in northern Gaza down: Paltel

  One of Gaza’s main telecommunications companies has said that all telecom services in Gaza City and the northern areas of the besieged coastal enclave are down “due to the disconnection of main elements of our network in light of the ongoing aggression”.

  This affects land lines, as well as cellular and internet services.

  Patel said it its technical teams were working “relentlessly by all available means to restore services”.

• Photos: Displaced Palestinians gather at Rafah tent camp

  

  

  

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• More from Health Ministry spokesperson

  Here’s what else Ashraf al-Qudra had to say:

  • Seventy percent of the victims of Israeli attacks are women and children.
  • The number of injured has risen to 42,000 since the start of the war.
  • The continued brutal Israeli aggression has completely incapacitated the health system in the Gaza Strip.
  • Israeli forces are still detaining 35 medical personnel, including the director-general of al-Shifa Hospital Mohammed Abu Salmiya, under very harsh conditions.
  • We call on the United Nations and the World Health Organization to pressure for the release of our teams in occupation prisons
  • We demand that a safe passage be provided for the entry of medical supplies and fuel and the exit of the wounded.
  • We demand the protection of hospitals, health and humanitarian teams.
    

    

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• Gaza death toll rises

  In his latest update, Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Gaza, says at least 15,899 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7.

  

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• Update: One Palestinian killed in Israeli raid in Qalandiya camp

  A 33-year-old Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli raid of the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to the health ministry.

  Wafa news agency, quoting local sources, said 40 Israeli army four-wheel drives, accompanied by a bulldozer, raided the camp and the neighbourhood in the morning.

  Bullets and tear gas were fired by the army, resulting in injuries to at least 17 Palestinians.

  We’ll bring you more on this as soon as we can.

  

Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/4/israel-gaza-war-live-israel-expands-ground-attack-in-southern-gaza