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Israeli PM says efforts to minimise civilian casualties are "unsuccessful"


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Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers they found out a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the U.N. voiced concern no aid would be delivered to Palestinians on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt.


The army released a video it said showed a tunnel entrance in an outdoor area of Al Shifa, Gaza's biggest hospital.



The video, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed a deep hole in the ground, littered with and surrounded by concrete and wood rubble and sand. It appeared the area had been excavated; a bulldozer appeared in the background.


The army said its troops also found a vehicle in the hospital containing a large number of weapons.


Hamas said in a statement late on Thursday that claims by the Pentagon and U.S. State Department that the group uses Al Shifa for military purposes "is a repetition of a blatantly false narrative, demonstrated by the weak and ridiculous performances of the occupation army spokesman."


The United States is confident in an assessment from its own intelligence agencies on Hamas activities in Al Shifa hospital and will neither share nor elaborate on it, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.


The two telecoms companies in Gaza said all energy sources supplying the network had run out and therefore all services in the territory were down. Israel refuses fuel imports, saying Hamas could use them for military purposes.


With communications out and in the absence of fuel, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said it was impossible to coordinate humanitarian aid truck convoys.


"If the fuel does not come in, people will start to die because of the lack of fuel. Exactly as from when, I don’t know. But it will be sooner rather than later," said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.


As of late Thursday night, there was no further word from the companies, Paltel and Jawwal, whose internet, mobile phone and landline networks remained inoperable.



Palestinian civilians have borne the brunt of Israel's weeks-long military campaign in retaliation for an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that Israel says killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.


Gaza health authorities deemed reliable by the United Nations say at least 11,500 people have been confirmed killed in an Israeli bombardment and ground invasion - more than 4,700 of them children.


The Israeli military's chief of staff said Israel was close to destroying Hamas' military system in the northern Gaza Strip and there were signs the army was taking its campaign to other parts of the enclave of 2.3 million people.


Israel distributed pamphlets telling civilians to leave four towns in southern Gaza, areas Gazans had been previously told would be safe.



Source: Reuters



以色列總理稱減少平民傷亡的努力“不成功”


耶路撒冷:以色列士兵表示,以色列士兵在加薩的Al Shifa 醫院發現了哈馬斯武裝分子使用的隧道豎井,而聯合國則表示擔心週五不會透過與埃及接壤的拉法過境點向巴勒斯坦人提供任何援助。



軍方發布了一段視頻,據稱顯示了加薩最大的醫院 Al Shifa 室外區域的一個隧道入口。


路透社無法立即核實的影片顯示,地面上有一個深洞,周圍散落著混凝土、木屑和沙子。 該地區似乎已被挖掘過; 背景中出現了一輛推土機。


軍方表示,其部隊還在醫院發現了一輛載有大量武器的車輛。


哈馬斯在周四晚間的聲明中表示,五角大廈和美國國務院聲稱該組織將阿爾希法用於軍事目的的說法「是公然虛假敘述的重複,佔領軍發言人的軟弱和荒謬的表現就證明了這一點」。


白宮發言人約翰柯比週四表示,美國對本國情報機構對希法醫院哈馬斯活動的評估充滿信心,不會分享或詳細說明。


加薩的兩家電信公司表示,為網路供電的所有能源均已耗盡,因此該地區的所有服務都已中斷。 以色列拒絕進口燃料,稱哈馬斯可能將其用於軍事目的。


由於通訊中斷且缺乏燃料,聯合國巴勒斯坦難民機構近東救濟工程處表示,不可能協調人道援助卡車車隊。


近東救濟工程處主任菲利普·拉扎里尼表示:“如果沒有燃料供應,人們就會因為缺乏燃料而開始死亡。具體從什麼時候開始,我不知道。但遲早會發生。”


截至週四深夜,Paltel 和 Jawwal 這兩家公司還沒有進一步消息,它們的網路、手機和固定電話網路仍然無法運作。


以色列為報復哈馬斯 10 月 7 日的襲擊而發動了長達數週的軍事行動,巴勒斯坦平民首當其衝,以色列稱這次襲擊造成 1,200 人死亡,其中大部分是平民。


聯合國認為可靠的加薩衛生當局表示,至少有 11,500 人在以色列的轟炸和地面入侵中喪生,其中包括 4,700 多名兒童。


以色列軍方參謀長表示,以色列即將摧毀哈馬斯在加薩走廊北部的軍事系統,並且有跡象表明,以色列軍隊正在向這片擁有 230 萬人口的飛地的其他地區展開攻勢。


以色列分發小冊子,告訴平民離開加薩南部的四個城鎮,此前加薩人曾被告知這些地區是安全的。


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