This is Beirut, 01/01 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza. "We are watching our children die before our eyes," said the 44-year-old. Their baby was one of the seven children who died from the cold within the span of a week, the Hamas-run territory's health ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-26 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital told AFP that three babies had died of "severe temperature drop" this week, as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with winter cold. In the most recent case, Dr. Ahmed al-Farra of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younes city said a three-week-old girl "was brought to the emergency room ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-01 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza Hamas Izz al-Din Kassab Khan Younes
The Israeli army and Shin Bet announced on Friday the killing of Izz al-Din Kassab, a key figure in Hamas' political bureau and head of its national relations, in an airstrike on Khan Younes. As the head of national relations, Kassab coordinated connections between Hamas and other militant organizations in Gaza, wielding influence over the ...