Families of hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza demanded on Tuesday that the Israeli government approve a deal "tonight" to secure the release of their relatives. The news came after the Israeli army said it had captured the parliament building and other government infrastructure run by Hamas in Gaza City, as its forces deepened their offensive in the Palestinian territory. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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Key developments from Monday, November 13:
The Hamas-run health ministry said on Monday that all hospitals in northern Gaza were "out of service", as intense fighting rages between Israeli troops and Hamas militants.
The EU's humanitarian aid chief called on Monday for "meaningful" pauses in the fighting in Gaza and urgent deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals working in the territory.
At least 34 hospital patients from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital have died over the past three days, Youssef Abu Rish, the deputy health minister in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, told AFP on Monday.
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip said Monday the death toll from fighting between the militants and Israel in the Palestinian territory had risen to 11,240.
According to the latest official Israeli figures, the death toll from Hamas's October 7 attack remained at 1,200. In addition, 44 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israeli military operations there.
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest in the enclave, receives data from every hospital in the strip. Hospital administrators say they keep records of every wounded person occupying a bed and every body arriving at a morgue. The ministry collects data from other sources also, including the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN's counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.
For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
