The storming by Israeli troops of southern Gaza’s main hospital brought chaos to hundreds of staff and patients inside, as health officials Friday said four people in intensive care died after their oxygen cut off. Troops were searching the facility, where the military said it believes the remains of hostages abducted by Hamas might be located.

The raid came after troops had besieged Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis for nearly a week, with staff, patients and others inside struggling under heavy fire and dwindling supplies, including food and water. Hours before troops seized the hospital Thursday, Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex, staff said.

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    Oxygen is Hamas.

    If we can’t physically stop Israel, we at least need to start holding our own governments accountable for their support of Israel.

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      If we do that in our government will be Hamas.

      As a sidenote, my voice to text always changes it to hummus, and that is what I’m going with from now on

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    Remember that one case a few months ago where Hamas was caught smuggling oxygen compressors? Well this is what happens when Gazans can’t smuggle things through the blockade; people die of preventable causes.

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    I feel terrible about it, but I’ve had to limit how many of these articles I read these days. I’m in the medical field in America, and it sucked having to ration out supplies during Covid. I don’t want to think about a situation where I’d have to ration out food, water, and oxygen. I would probably fall back on mass casualty incident triage protocols…but I’d still hate myself for how many black tags there would have to be.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The raid came after troops had besieged Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis for nearly a week, with staff, patients and others inside struggling under heavy fire and dwindling supplies, including food and water.

    Negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza, meanwhile, appear to have stalled, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday pushed back hard against the U.S. vision for after the war — particularly its calls for the creation of a Palestinian state.

    Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive and expand it to the Gaza city of Rafah, near Egypt, until Hamas is destroyed and scores of hostages taken during the militants’ Oct. 7 attack are freed.

    In their phone call, Biden again cautioned Netanyahu against moving forward with a military operation in Rafah before coming up with a “credible and executable plan” to ensure the safety of Palestinian civilians, the White House said.

    Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesperson, said forces were conducting a “precise and limited” operation there and would not forcibly evacuate medics or patients.

    Still suffering from a severe stomach wound, Abed said he and others waited outside for hours as troops made those leaving pass by five at a time, arresting some and making them strip to their underwear, he said.


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