CAIRO: A north Gaza hospital that Israeli troops raided is no longer functioning and patients including babies have been evacuated, putting the enclave’s collapsing health services in further peril, a World Health Organization official said on Monday.
Gazan authorities said Israeli forces last week used a bulldozer to smash through the perimeter of the Kamal Adwan hospital, forcing out displaced people. Israel said the hospital was used by Hamas fighters.
CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi promised to continue building a “new republic” after securing a third term on Monday.
He also said that Egypt had to do all it could to stop the war between Israel and Hamas, describing it as his country’s primary challenge.
El-Sisi spoke to the Egyptian people following the announcement of the presidential election’s results.
He took 89.6 percent of the vote, according to the National Election Authority.
El-Sisi lauded the other candidates.
WASHINGTON: The first commercial trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war erupted more than two months ago, joining UN-led deliveries, the United States said Monday.
It is “a critical step toward improving the lives of the Palestinian people in Gaza that we see not just humanitarian aid delivered, but also commercial goods that can be sold in stores and markets,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
Miller said that the first private trucks entered Saturday and more came through on Monday.
CAIRO: Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has swept to a third, six-year term as Egypt’s president, winning 89.6 percent of votes, the National Election Authority announced on Monday.
The election took place as Egypt struggles with a slow-burning economic crisis and tries to manage the risk of spillover from the war in Gaza, which borders Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
Some voters said the eruption of conflict in Gaza had encouraged them to vote for El-Sisi, who has long presented himself as a bulwark of stability in a volatile region.