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The Latest Breaking News from Shifa

As fighting empties north Gaza, humanitarian crisis worsens in south

The U.N. humanitarian office says another 200,000 people have fled northern Gaza in less than 10 days

The Independent UK

IDF says it has entered Gaza’s largest hospital – as it happened

IDF forces say they are targeting Hamas ‘in a certain part of the Shifa hospital’ after Gaza’s health ministry said it was warned by Israel that it would raid the facility ‘within minutes’

The Guardian - AU

‘In the circle of death’: Gaza doctors say patients are under siege in al-Shifa

Staff say they fear rising numbers of deaths at hospital on third day without power, and with shooting and bombing outside

The Guardian - UK

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Tin foil used to keep babies alive with incubators losing power at Gaza hospital – as tanks surround outside

Palestinian health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies

The Independent UK

Israeli forces at gates of Gaza’s main hospital with hundreds trapped

Health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies

The Guardian - UK

Live updates | Fighting outside Gaza's largest hospital prompts thousands to flee

Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside Gaza’s largest hospital has prompted thousands of people to flee from the sprawling medical facility, but hundreds of patients and others displaced by the war remained inside, health officials said Monday

The Independent UK

Gaza’s largest hospital ‘no longer functioning’, says WHO

At Al-Shifa, two premature babies and 10 other patients have died, UN agency says

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Israel-Hamas war: Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘killing innocent people’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Battle for al-Shifa hospital in Gaza fraught with diplomatic risk for Israel

Israel justifies attacks saying they are on Hamas bunkers and infrastructure in the area but the assault comes with diplomatic risks

The Guardian - UK

Gaza's main Al Shifa hospital no longer functioning under heavy bombardment, says WHO

The hospital went three days without electricity, water and 'very poor internet', the World Health Organisation says

Evening Standard

Netanyahu sets out uncompromising postwar vision as Israel pounds Gaza

Bombardment appears concentrated around al-Shifa hospital as PM says war is advancing ‘with full force’

The Guardian - UK

Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital as Netanyahu dismisses calls for cease-fire

Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory’s largest hospital

The Independent UK

Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza?

Hospitals have been caught in the crossfire during the Israel-Hamas war — both literally and in the clashing narratives of the conflict

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Premature babies die as Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital loses power amid alleged IDF attacks

Israel denies bombarding major Gaza hospital — with a large neonatal care facility — that doubles as a refugee shelter

The Independent UK

Medics at Gaza’s largest hospital make ‘last desperate call’ for help as premature babies at risk of death

Mohamed Abu Selima, the director of al-Shifa hospital, said the hospital was now ‘completely isolated from the world’

The Guardian - UK

Israeli troops in key battle with Hamas gunmen near Gaza City hospital

Doctors accuse IDF of attacking people trying to flee al-Shifa, the hospital portrayed by Israel as the main command post for Hamas

Evening Standard

Israeli military says it will help evacuate babies trapped in Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital

Fighting near Al Shifa and other hospitals in northern Gaza has intensified in recent days

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The Guardian - UK

Fears for thousands sheltering at Gaza City hospital as Israeli forces close in

Strikes increasing near al-Shifa hospital, where it is said more than 50,000 people may have taken shelter

The Guardian - UK

Gaza’s largest hospital being bombarded, WHO says

Attack comes as Blinken laments Palestinian death toll and Netanyahu says Israel does not seek to govern territory

The Guardian - UK

What is a human shield and how has Hamas been accused of using them?

Israel claims group has placed command centre under hospital and is deliberately shielding behind Palestinian civilians

Evening Standard

Israel says soldier held hostage by Hamas rescued in Gaza as troops push deeper in

'The soldier was medically checked, is doing well, and has met with her family,' the IDF said

The Guardian - UK

‘People are terrified’: Gaza’s main hospital overflows with the living and the dead

Staff say Dar Al Shifa facility is at breaking point as corpses pile up and thousands of people seek shelter there

The Independent UK

The morgue at Gaza's biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify

The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa in Gaza City, is overflowing on the sixth day of heavy aerial bombardment on the territory of 2.3 million people

The Guardian - AU

‘We escaped from danger into death’: desperation inside Gaza’s hospitals as casualties mount

Palestinian residents of the enclave says the intensity of the recent Israeli attacks is unlike anything they have experienced before in other wars

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