Netanyahu: Israel will continue to control security in Gaza postwar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Saturday press conference that after the war, Israel will maintain security control in Gaza but will demilitarize the region.
He also doubled down on his position that there will be no cease-fire until Hamas releases all of its over 200 hostages.
— Rebecca Picciotto
Power outages hit ICU and pediatric ward at Gaza’s main hospital, officials say
Power outages have hit the intensive care unit and the pediatric ward at Gaza’s main hospital, Palestinian health officials said Saturday.
An infant was among two people who died at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City “because we did not have electricity,” Dr. Marwan Abusada, a surgeon at the hospital who is also head of international cooperation at the Hamas-run Ministry of Health told NBC News in a telephone interview.
NBC News was not immediately able to independently confirm the situation on the ground.
A spokesperson for the Israeli military in a statement to NBC News said that there was “ongoing intense fighting against Hamas in the vicinity” of Al-Shifa hospital.
— Melodie Warner
U.N. Secretary-General’s office: Gaza food situation is ‘deteriorating’
Needy Palestinians line up for food prepared by volunteer Palestinians in the city of Rafah, Gaza on November 9, 2023.
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The United Nations has not been able to make food deliveries in over eight days, according to a Friday statement from the Secretary-General’s office.
In northern Gaza, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned that “the deteriorating food situation is continuing,” said a spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General.
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