Dozens killed in strikes on Gaza - as UN Security Council urged to 'prevent genocide'
Source: Sky News
On Wednesday morning, Israeli airstrikes hit homes in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, killing at least 53 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The Indonesian Hospital said 22 of those who died were children.
On Tuesday, nine missiles hit the European Hospital and its courtyard in the south of the Palestinian territory, killing at least 16 people, the Gaza health ministry said.
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The United Nations' top humanitarian official briefed the Security Council on Tuesday evening, warning they must "act now" to "prevent genocide", a claim that Israel vehemently denied.
Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, accused Israel of "deliberately and unashamedly" imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians by blocking aid from entering Gaza more than 10 weeks ago.
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A short time before the blast, I messaged to thank him for his work filming, with immense sensitivity, the story of Siwar Ashour. This was his response:
"Siwar's story broke something in all of us, and working on it was one of the most painful things I've ever had to do. But I knew her face, her name, and her story had to be seen – had to be heard."
Siwar is five months old and acutely malnourished, a child whose large, brown eyes dominate her shrunken frame. They follow her mother Najwa's every move. On Tuesday Najwa sent us a video message from her room at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.
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