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Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’

© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout A 3-year-old boy recovers after having his leg amputated following a direct missile strike on his home in Nuseirat city in the central Gaza Strip. (file)

Amid continuing heavy fighting in Gaza on Tuesday morning, including reported attacks on hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians expressed deep concern for patients and others seeking treatment who had “no way in and out”.

n Geneva, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the UN World Health Organization (WHO), confirmed that Al-Kheir Hospital was “one of the two hospitals that is now being raided”, while Nasser Hospital was “now basically besieged around the hospital and has no way in and out”.

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Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians

© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout Palestinian women mourn the loss of a family member at Al-Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. (file)

Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, a top UN humanitarian official insisted on Thursday following a direct hit on a United Nations training centre.

The death toll from intensified fighting “in the area” of the training centre in the southern city of Khan Younis in recent days has risen to 12 confirmed fatalities and 75 injured – 15 critically – said Thomas White, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

KOHIMA, Jan 25 (NEPS): Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan, on the eve of the momentous occasion of the 75th Republic Day, extends warm greetings to fellow countrymen and calls for a fitting tribute to the founding fathers of the nation. In a message on the eve of the 75th Republic Day of India, today, he reflects on the historic promise made 75 years ago by the people of India to adopt the country’s constitution and embrace the identity of citizens in a sovereign democratic republic.… Read the rest

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Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince

Residents of the Solino neighbourhood displaced from their homes due to clashes between armed gangs. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for help

Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

Gang members have targeted a strategic neighbourhood in Haiti’s capital, in a four-day attack which has left residents trapped in their homes by flaming barricades and automatic gunfire.… Read the rest

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