Gaza
\nIsraeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday as the health ministry said Israeli forces were raiding a hospital in the northern of Palestinian territory.
\nThe UN General Assem\u00adbly, meanwhile, appeared set to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month-long unrest after the United States vetoed such a move in the Security Council.
\nIn Khan Yunis, southern Gaza\u2019s main city which Israel troops began storming last week, residents said tank shelling was now focused on the city centre. One said tanks were operating on Tuesday morning in the street where the house of Yahya Al-Sinwar, Hamas\u2019 leader in Gaza, is located.
\nFurther south in Rafah, which borders Egypt, health officials said 22 people including children were killed in an Israeli air strike on houses overnight. Civil emergency workers were searching for more victims under the rubble.<\/p>\n
Storming hospital
\nIn the north of the Palestinian territory, the health ministry said Israeli forces were raiding a hospital. \u201cIsraeli occupation forces are storming Kamal Adwan hospital after besieging and bombing it for days,\u201d ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement.
\nQudra said the troops were rounding up men in the hospital courtyard, including medical staff.
\nThe United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said two mothers were killed when the maternity department of Kamal Adwan hospital was reportedly hit. \u201cThe hospital remains surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks, and fighting with armed groups has been reported in its vicinity for three consecutive days,\u201d OCHA said.
\nMore than 18,412 Gazans have been killed and nearly 50,000 wounded since Oct 7, according to the health ministry.
\nIn addition, the Israeli military said more than a tenth of its troops killed in Gaza were the result of friendly fire, while multiple other soldier deaths were also accidental. \u201cTo date there have been 105 deaths since the ground operations, 20 of which were accidents,\u201d a military spokesperson said.
\nGazans were battling hunger and thirst to survive, resident Mohammed Obaid said as he inspected debris in Rafah. Hunger is worsening, with the UN World Food Programme saying half of Gaza\u2019s population is starving.
\nThe UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Tuesday limited aid distributions were taking place in the Rafah district, but \u201cin the rest of the Gaza Strip, aid distribution has largely stopped over the past few days, due to the intensity of hostilities and restrictions of movement along the main roads\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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