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Updated Friday, February 16, 2024-10:44

  • War in Gaza Israel expands its ground offensive in Khan Younis, storms a hospital and arrests medical staff

  • War in Gaza Shifa Hospital, epicenter of the war between Israel and Hamas

The Hamas Health Ministry announced Friday that four patients died following power outages that

disrupted the distribution of medical oxygen

at a Gaza hospital after Israeli forces took control of it.

According to the ministry,

the lives of other patients in intensive care are in danger

, as well as those of

several children in the nursery of the

Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of the Palestinian enclave.

The Islamist movement indicated that it held "Israeli forces responsible for the lives of patients and medical teams."

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Israel unleashes its strong military offensive throughout the Gaza Strip despite growing

international pressure for a ceasefire

that would allow the release of the hostages taken by the Islamist group Hamas, as well as alleviate the unprecedented humanitarian crisis suffered by Gazans. survivors, reports Efe.

"Israel Defense Forces troops continue fighting throughout the Gaza Strip: armed terrorists were killed and numerous Hamas targets were attacked in ground and air cooperation," an Israeli Army spokesman said, summarizing the operations of the Israeli Defense Forces. last hours.

In the south of the Palestinian enclave, soldiers carried out "targeted attacks," which included combat with drones and explosives that left several militants dead, he added.

After 25 days of siege, Israeli forces broke into the Naser Hospital on Thursday, the most important in the south of the enclave that houses numerous patients, doctors and displaced people, ensuring that they have "credible information" that Hamas kept some of them in that center. of the Israeli hostages and that there could be bodies of kidnapped people.

That hospital is located in the Khan Younis region, where Israeli troops "killed 12 terrorists during clashes," said the military spokesman.

In central Gaza, soldiers eliminated a "terrorist cell," while in the north, now almost entirely controlled by Israel, bomber planes launched strikes that killed several militants, including a subordinate of a militant commander. he added.

These attacks come as Israel faces increasing international pressure to agree to a ceasefire, including from the United States, its main partner and arms supplier.

The growing differences between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden were evident during their last telephone communication on Thursday night.