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Deadly Strikes Hit Gaza As Israel Mulls Truce Talks Position

At least 61 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday, as Israel was preparing to send negotiators to new truce talks in Qatar.

International Business Times

WHO Chief Urges Israel To Halt Offensive In Gaza

WHO Director-General expresses concern over planned offensive in Rafah, Gaza, urging Israel to prioritize peace and prevent humanitarian crisis.

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Gaza death toll surpasses 30,000 with no let-up in Israeli bombardment

The toll in the Palestinian enclave mounts as Israel hampers aid delivery in Gaza amid deteriorating hunger crisis.

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Gaza ceasefire hopes fade as Netanyahu rejects calls to halt Rafah offensive

Diplomatic efforts stall amid Israeli opposition to what it calls ‘unilateral recognition’ of a Palestinian state

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Army Says Bodies Of Hostages Likely Held In Gaza Hospital

Israel's army alleged on Thursday that bodies of hostages could be held at a hospital in southern Gaza, after troops entered the facility which medics say has been "besieged" for a month.

International Business Times

GOP lawmakers argue pandemic treaty threatens US sovereignty - Roll Call

The World Health Organization is pushing a treaty to combat future pandemics, but some Republicans say the U.S. should not sign on.

Roll Call

Gaza Battles Rage As Israel Vows To Shut Out UN Agency After War

Intense fighting raged Saturday in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, the main theatre of conflict where the Israeli army is targeting the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas.

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Fighting Rages In Battleground Gaza City

Intense fighting raged Saturday in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, the main theatre of conflict where the Israeli army is targeting the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas.

International Business Times

Civilians Trapped By Fighting In Gaza

Thousands of civilians were trapped in southern Gaza by bombardment and fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ruled Israel must prevent genocidal acts.

International Business Times

WHO Rejects Israel's Claim Of 'Collusion' With Hamas

The World Health Organization on Friday denied Israel's claim that the WHO was in collusion with Hamas by ignoring Israeli evidence of the "military use" of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

International Business Times

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ pandemic in Davos

‘Disease X’ is ranked as a priority for awareness campaigning by the WHO alongside Covid-19, Ebola and Zika virus

The Independent UK

Gaza Officials Say Dozens Killed In 'Intense' Israeli Strikes

Officials in Hamas-run Gaza said on Monday dozens were killed overnight in "intense" Israeli bombardment, as the war which has sent shockwaves across the region passed the grim 100-day milestone.

International Business Times

Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts

“Pirola” JN.1 may be the beginning of a new chapter in the pandemic, some experts said. Now its descendants are spawning—and appear to be on a path to dominance.

Fortune

Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says

The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month

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Israel rejects S. Africa's genocide case, WHO warns of infectious diseases in Gaza

Israel's foreign ministry on Friday said it "rejects with disgust" a case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice against what it called Israel's "genocidal" acts in Gaza. The news came as tens of thousands of Palestinians continued to stream into an already crowded town at the…

Al Jazeera

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 83

Israel is in the middle of a major raid in Ramallah as Gaza continues to be hit – here are the latest updates.

International Business Times

'Harrowing': WHO Decries Deadly Strike On Gaza Refugee Camp

World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children.

Al Jazeera

50,000 women pregnant in Gaza amid ‘decimation’ of its health system

WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs.

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Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza

Issam Al Mughrabi, his wife and children killed along with more than 70 of his family members, the UN says.

The Independent UK

UN warns patients and staff trapped in Gaza hospital under siege must be protected

The majority of medical facilities are non-operational while the others are only partially functional

The Guardian - AU

Italy, France and Germany called on the EU to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Israel rejects claims it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza

WHO chief says Gaza’s health system is ‘on its knees and collapsing’ amid intensifying ground offensive

Al Jazeera

WHO calls for immediate passage of humanitarian relief into Gaza

Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis.

WEKU

WHO resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict hopes for 'health as a bridge to peace'

The health organization's director-general says needed humanitarian aid isn't possible without a cease-fire but the resolution provides a platform to build from.

Evening Standard

Gaza's 'catastrophic' health situation almost impossible to improve, says WHO

Gaza hospitals have come under bombardment and some have been besieged or raided as part of Israel's response to Hamas' deadly October 7 attacks

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