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• The Electronic Intifada

Gaza’s only cancer treatment center is out of service after running out of fuel, health officials said. “The lives of 70 cancer patients inside the hospital are seriously threatened,” said Palestinian Authority health minister Mai al-Kaila. With the closure of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, which was bombed on 30 October, 16 out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are now no longer functioning after Israel banned the transfer of fuel and shut off the supply of electricity needed to operate life-saving equipment.

Hundreds of foreign passport holders and dozens of injured people left Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt after the border was totally shut for passengers since 7 October. US passport-holders were apparently not part of the list of people approved to cross, with Utah resident Susan Bseiso telling CBS News that “It’s like they’re holding us hostages — not Hamas holding us hostages, it’s the [Israeli military] soldiers, Egypt and America.” Reuters said that 320 foreign passport-holders had exited Gaza and CBS News reported that at least 81 people were transported in ambulances from Rafah to Egyptian hospitals. A diplomatic source told Reuters that “some 7,500 foreign passport holders would be evacuated from Gaza over the course of about two weeks.”

The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza reported nearly 8,800 killed, including around 3,650 children, in the territory since 7 October. More than 2,000 people are reported missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings, including 1,120 children. Health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qedra said that 132 health workers have been killed and 25 ambulances have been destroyed. Al-Qedra announced that the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital had stopped operating after running out of fuel, and that the al-Shifa and Indonesian hospitals would soon follow.

For the second time in five days, the communications networks in Gaza were cut. Paltel said there was a “complete disruption” of their cellular and internet services throughout the territory early in the day.