HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS STUCK IN GAZA HOSPITAL SAYS THE UN

 "Hundreds and hundreds of patients" are stuck in hospitals in the north of Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says

1. Doctors say Israel told staff to evacuate Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City on Sunday but that moving patients - many of whom are in intensive care - is impossible
2. The Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli air strikes are continuing in the area.
3. Meanwhile, an Israeli tank and armoured vehicle have cut a key road from the north to south of the Gaza Strip, close to Gaza City, according to Palestinian witnesses
4. Israel's military says it is expanding its ground offensive in the territory, saying troops killed "dozens of terrorists" during clashes overnight
5. Israel has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people and saw 230 people kidnapped as hostages
6. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 8,000 people have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing began. 
   
   
   

7. Israeli military won't say if tanks have blocked key Gaza road

   The Israeli military has declined to say exactly where their forces are in Gaza - after reports in the last hour that Israeli tanks are on the outskirts of Gaza City and have blocked a key road running north to south.

   Asked by journalists about the reports, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said he would not give details, saying "the security of our forces remains our top priority".

   "We have expanded our operations, involving armour, infantry, and offensive actions within the Gaza Strip," he said.

   Hagari also spoke about the latest on the operation more generally - saying they'd sent extra units into Gaza "including foot soldiers, tanks, engineering units, and artillery forces" to carry out ground and air strikes.

8. Four killed in West Bank clashes - Palestinian officials

   Away from Gaza for a moment, we've been receiving reports of more violence in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian health officials said this morning that at least four people had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Jenin.

   

   
   

   According to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa, military vehicles and two bulldozers carried out a raid in Jenin and destroyed part of the outer wall of the Ibn Sina Hospital. Missiles were also fired into a house and into Jenin refugee camp, Wafa reported.

   In their update this morning, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said it had carried out an air strike operation in Jenin, adding: "We targeted and eliminated several armed terrorists."

   The Israeli military regularly carried out raids in the West Bank before this war. But it rarely uses air strikes there like it does in Hamas-controlled Gaza.

   The West Bank is separate from the Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas. The Palestinian Authority governs parts of the West Bank that are not under full Israeli control.

9. Israel says it killed dozens of Hamas operatives overnight

   More now from the Israeli military, who have shared an update about their ground operations in Gaza which they say continued to expand overnight.

   "During clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, IDF troops killed dozens of terrorists who barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels, and attempted to attack the troops," the Israel Defense Forces said.

   The statement says that in one attack, an aircraft was guided by forces on the ground and struck a building "with over 20 Hamas terrorist operatives inside it".

   It added that overnight a fighter jet struck a military post used to launch anti-tank missiles near Al-Azhar University in northern Gaza.

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