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We are in a situation right now where a marked evacuation zone is not safe for displaced people, not the evacuation zone in al-Mawasi, not schools, not shelters, not even hospitals.”
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said
We are seeing repeated attacks on these particular designated areas for the past month,
he saidWe have many tasks ahead of us, the most important being the enemy's (Israel's) withdrawal from all the lands it encroached on during its recent aggression,
he said after meeting with army chief Joseph Aoun in a Lebanese military barracks in the southeastern town of Marjayoun
We are... losing loved ones every day,
said Deir el-Balah resident Naim al-Ramlawi
Israel has violated all the rules of war in the Gaza Strip,
the commissioner-general of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said SundayAccording to an initial examination, the reported number of casualties resulting from the strike does not align with the information held by the IDF (military),
it said to AFP in a statement, which did not give its own tollI pray to God that a truce will be reached soon" and would allow Gazans to finally "live a decent life, instead of this miserable life",
he saidWe are facing a continuous daily threat,
said Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital
I want to say, to tell you, that all the world, not only the Christian world, all the world is with you, So the war will finish and we will rebuild,
the cardinal said, urging Gazans to never be afraid
The children are still inside the house. We are looking for them. They were sleeping in the living room, five of them together,
said a relative, Noman Abu Samra, as people searched rubble in Deir al-BalahWe hold the world responsible for what is happening and demand accountability for our suffering,
said Abu Safiya
For Christmas, we celebrate the light and we are wondering where the light is. This is one of the places where the light is,
Pizzaballa said
Yesterday children have been bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war,
Francis said during his annual Christmas greetings at the VaticanYesterday they did not allow the Patriarch into Gaza as promised,
the pope said, referring to the Catholic bishop of Jerusalem who had reportedly tried to enter the Gaza Strip to visit Catholics there, but was denied entry by IsraelCruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children,
the ministry said
Tonight’s reports of bombardment near Kamal Adwan hospital and order to evacuate the hospital are deeply worrisome. The hospital has been in the midst of fighting for too long and the lives of patients are at risk,
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on X late last night