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WHO says Israel raid on Gaza hospital is totally unacceptable

15 November 2023; MEMO: The World Health Organisation head said, on Wednesday, that the Israeli military incursion into Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza was “totally unacceptable”, Reuters reports.

Israeli troops entered Shifa, Gaza’s biggest hospital, on Wednesday as part of their assault on the Palestinian Territory.

Israel says Hamas fighters have headquarters in tunnels beneath it. Hamas denies this is the case.

First fuel delivery to UN in Gaza, Israel says hospitals cannot benefit

15 November 2023; MEMO: The first truck carrying fuel into Gaza since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Strip today crossed from Egypt to deliver diesel to the United Nations, though it will do little to alleviate shortages that have hampered relief efforts, Reuters reports.

Services at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital grind to halt after Israeli raid

15 November 2023; MEMO: Medical services at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital came to a complete halt after the Israeli army invaded the Hospital Wednesday morning, Anadolu Agency reports.

A source inside Al-Shifa Hospital, requesting anonymity due to security reasons, told Anadolu that

'If there’s a hell on earth today, it's northern Gaza': UN

11 November 2023; MEMO: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) spokesperson, Jens Laerke, stated: “If there is a hell on earth today, its name is northern Gaza.”

His remarks were made at a press conference held by Laerke on Friday at the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland.

Israeli army shoots whoever tries to leave Al-Shifa Hospital: Doctor

12 November 2023; MEMO: A doctor at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said on Saturday that the Israeli army opens fire on those who want to flee the hospital, Anadolu reports.

The Israeli army has surrounded the hospital area and they are “not even a meter away, they are at the door,” Fadia Malhis, a gynecologist at the hospital, told an Anadolu correspondent in frequently interrupted phone conversations.

At Arab-Islamic summit, Iran’s Raisi calls for boycotting, prosecuting Israel

12 November 2023; MEMO: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday said that Israel must be tried in international courts for its attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, reports Anadolu Agency.

In his first official visit to Saudi Arabia, and the first by an Iranian president in more than a decade, Raisi, speaking at the Arab-Islamic summit, said the first and most urgent measure is to stop the killing of the people of Gaza.

Iran opposes two-state solution for Palestine, calls for ‘democratic’ solution

12 November 2023; MEMO: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has reiterated Tehran’s position on rejecting the so-called two-state solution for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, and has instead called for a democratic solution for a single state based on ballot boxes involving Palestinians of all faiths.

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