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UN Organizations Commend KSrelief's Support for Relief Efforts in Gaza

The KSrelief received appreciation from the WHO, the UNRWA, and the WFP for its support to UN relief efforts in Gaza.
The KSrelief received appreciation from the WHO, the UNRWA, and the WFP for its support to UN relief efforts in Gaza.
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UN Organizations Commend KSrelief's Support for Relief Efforts in Gaza

The KSrelief received appreciation from the WHO, the UNRWA, and the WFP for its support to UN relief efforts in Gaza.
The KSrelief received appreciation from the WHO, the UNRWA, and the WFP for its support to UN relief efforts in Gaza.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has received appreciation from the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the World Food Program (WFP) for its support to UN relief efforts in Gaza, SPA said on Thursday. WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, expressed gratitude for the collaboration between WHO and KSrelief in supporting humanitarian and health initiatives in the Gaza Strip.
Several agreements were signed by KSrelief with various organizations and agencies in the humanitarian field at the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, in the presence of the Saudi Ambassador to Egypt, Osama bin Ahmed Nugali, to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Al-Mandhari emphasized the severe crises the Eastern Mediterranean region faces due to conflicts, wars, and political instability and how these challenges impact the region's infrastructure, particularly the healthcare system.
He described the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza, which has been going on for 47 days, as a real test of humanitarian values worldwide and the commitment of UN organizations to serving humanity.
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, expressed his gratitude towards KSrelief for their support in fulfilling the agency's duties in the critical situation of Gaza.
Lazzarini described the situation in Gaza as alarming, where 35,000 people have sought shelter in a UNRWA center after being displaced from their homes and losing all means of safety and protection. He welcomed the humanitarian truce in Gaza and stressed the importance of adhering to it to alleviate the humanitarian suffering and enhance relief efforts.
The WFP Regional Director for Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, Corinne Fleischer, also applauded KSrelief's support to several UN organizations in fulfilling their roles in addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
She also welcomed the announced truce in Gaza, affirming the need for its implementation amid deteriorating food situation as bakeries have ceased operations due to fuel and flour shortages.
The Head of Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Egypt, Alfonso Verdú Pérez, stressed the importance of collaborating with international partners to end the war in Gaza.
He highlighted that regional and international organizations are tirelessly working to address the humanitarian crisis in the Strip.
Pérez further added that 70% of the health and humanitarian institutions and facilities have been destroyed by the conflict, highlighting the significance of funding UN organizations to assist the Palestinian people in Gaza.

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At Least 40 Dead in Gaza, Medics Say, as Israeli Tanks Pull back from Camp

Palestinian men sit together inside a destroyed building after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Nuseirat, following a ground operation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 29, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinian men sit together inside a destroyed building after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Nuseirat, following a ground operation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 29, 2024. (Reuters)
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At Least 40 Dead in Gaza, Medics Say, as Israeli Tanks Pull back from Camp

Palestinian men sit together inside a destroyed building after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Nuseirat, following a ground operation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 29, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinian men sit together inside a destroyed building after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Nuseirat, following a ground operation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 29, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and on Friday in the Gaza Strip, many of them in the Nuseirat refugee camp at the center of the enclave, medics said, after Israeli tanks pulled back from parts of the camp.

Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in northern areas of Nuseirat, one of the enclave's eight long-standing refugee camps.

Later on Friday, an Israeli air strike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a house in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip, medics said.

Others were killed in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, medics added. There was no fresh statement by the Israeli military on Friday, but on Thursday it said its forces were continuing to "strike terror targets as part of the operational activity in the Gaza Strip".

Israeli tanks had entered northern and western areas of Nuseirat on Thursday. They withdrew from northern areas on Friday but remained active in western parts of the camp. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said teams were unable to respond to distress calls from residents trapped in their homes.

Dozens of Palestinians returned on Friday to areas where the army had retreated to check on damage to their homes.

Medics and relatives covered up dead bodies, including of women, that lay on the road with blankets or white shrouds and carried them away on stretchers.

"Forgive me, my wife, forgive me, my Ibtissam, forgive me, my dear," one grief-stricken man moaned through tears beside her corpse, laid out on a stretcher on the ground.

Medics said an Israeli drone on Friday had killed Ahmed Al-Kahlout, head of the Intensive Care Unit at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, where the army has been operating since early October.

Contacted by Reuters, the Israeli military said it was unaware of a strike occurring in this location or timeframe.

Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip that barely function now due to shortages of medical, fuel, and food supplies. Most of its medical staff have been detained or expelled by the Israeli army, health officials say.

DISPLACEMENTS

The Israeli army said forces operating in Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia since Oct. 5 aimed to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping and waging attacks from those areas. Residents said the army was depopulating the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun as well as the Jabalia refugee camp.

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities released around 30 Palestinians whom it had detained in the past few months during its Gaza offensive. Those released arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza for medical checkups, medics said.

Freed Palestinians, detained during the war, have complained of ill-treatment and torture in Israeli detention after they were released. Israel denies torture.

Months of efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza have yielded scant progress, and negotiations are now on hold

A ceasefire in the parallel conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, took effect before dawn on Wednesday, bringing a halt to hostilities that had escalated sharply in recent months and had overshadowed the Gaza conflict.

Announcing the Lebanon accord on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said he would now renew his push for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and he urged Israel and Hamas to seize the moment.

Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 44,300 people and displaced nearly all the enclave's population at least once, Gaza officials say. Vast swathes of the territory are in ruins.

The Hamas-led fighters who attacked southern Israeli communities 13 months ago, triggering the war, killed some 1,200 people and captured more than 250 hostages, Israel has said.