An Israeli air strike lights the sky above Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a phone call with US Vice President HE Kamala Harris and a talks session with French President HE Emmanuel Macron who was in Doha on Saturday asserted that the country is continuing its mediation efforts. He stressed that efforts are ongoing with all partners to ensure that calm returns in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile Israel has resumed its aggression against the Gaza Strip and launched over 400 military strikes since the end of the seven-day humanitarian pause on Friday, December 1, 2023.
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[10 pm Doha Time] Two Qatari Armed Forces aircraft arrived today in the Egyptian city of Al Arish. The planes carried 27 tonnes of aid. Read more.
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[8 pm Doha Time] The Israeli military targeted the Jabalia refugee camp for a second day. Several homes were destroyed, killing dozens of people. More are buried under the rubble. Read more.
Image: Al Jazeera
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[6:06 pm Doha Time] Israel attacked a Christian school in Gaza
The Catholic Church’s Holy Family school hosts large numbers of forcibly displaced Palestinians, reported Al Jazeera. "Nowhere is safe in Gaza."
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[5:00 pm Doha Time] The number of people killed and injured in Gaza has risen following the end of a week-long truce.
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[1:14 pm Doha Time] 700 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours
The Director General of the Government Media Office in Gaza has told Al Jazeera that more than 700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during the last 24 hours. He added that over 1.5 million people have also been displaced in the Gaza Strip.
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[12:10 pm Doha Time] Hepatitis A spreading in Gaza’s UN school
Thomas White, the director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, says one of the UN-run schools inside the besieged enclave is now in the midst of a Hepatitis A outbreak, highlighting the growing risk of diseases that civilians in Gaza are exposed to.
Palestinians walk at the entrance of a UNWRA school used as shelter in Gaza City on November 27, 2023. Photo by Omar El-Qattaa / AFP
“Sanitation is an issue. People are jammed in very congested classrooms… the risk of disease is very much present in Gaza,” White said, adding that in UNRWA schools, the water infrastructure is completely overwhelmed with an average of 125 people using one toilet.
Hepatitis A is a highly contagious, short-term liver infection that can be spread through close personal contact or eating contaminated food or drink.
[11:09 am Doha Time] Israeli military operation in Ain al-Sultan refugee camp
Several videos on social media show that Israel’s military operation is ongoing in Ain al-Sultan refugee camp, north of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.
The videos show dozens of Israeli military vehicles making rounds through the camp’s streets. The atmosphere in the camp was “suffocating” as the military raided homes.
In the occupied West Bank, at least 254 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army.
[9am Doha Time] Gaza hospital conditions ‘unimaginable’, WHO chief says
Conditions at the al-Nassar hospital in southern Gaza are “beyond inadequate”, the WHO chief said after a visit to the medical facility in the besieged enclave.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday that the facility was crowded with 1,000 patients – over three times its capacity – with patients filling “every corner”.
“Patients were receiving care on the floor, screaming in pain,” Ghebreyesus said. “These conditions are beyond inadequate – unimaginable for the provision of health care. I cannot find words strong enough to express our concern over what we’re witnessing.”
[8:30am Doha Time] No electricity in Gaza for 52 days: UN
The United Nations in its data from the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company shared that the Gaza Strip has no electricity since October 11.
"The ongoing power shortage has severely affected the availability of essential services, particularly health, water and sanitation services, and undermined Gaza’s fragile economy, particularly the manufacturing and agriculture sectors," the report stated adding that even before its electricity was cut off, Gaza only averaged 13.3 hours of electricity per day from January to September 2023.
