OCHA Flash Update #40

"On 15 Nov[], Israeli troops, including tanks, entered Shifa hospital compound in Gaza city & reportedly took control of several sections, searched them & interrogated people. Due [lack of comms] the impact of the military operation remains unclear.

Out of 24 hospitals...in the north, only one, Al Ahli in Gaza city, is presently operational & admitting patients. 18 hospitals have shut down & evacuated...including 3 – An Nasr, Ar Rantisi & Al Quds – over the past 3 days."

"Another five hospitals, including Shifa, are providing extremely limited services to patients who have already been admitted.These hospitals are not accessible, do not have electricity & supplies and are not admitting new patients.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that it has been unable to respond to hundreds of calls to assist & evacuate people wounded or trapped under the rubble. IDPs fleeing from the north are reporting the presence of dead bodies in the streets."

"As of 10 November, about 2,700 people, including some 1,500 children, remain missing & presumed to be trapped or dead under the rubble, according to the MoH in Gaza.

Hospitals & medical personnel are specifically protected under international humanitarian law (IHL) & all parties to the conflict must ensure their protection."

"On 15 November, some 23,000 litres of fuel entered Gaza from Egypt, the first such delivery since 7 October. The Israeli authorities have restricted the use of this fuel only to use for UNRWA trucks distributing aid. The entry of fuel for all other purposes remains banned including for hospital generators & water & sanitation facilities.

Given UNRWA requires about 160,000 litres of fuel per day to runbasic humanitarian operations. It has had to halt key services."

@chargrille and Israel has killed over 100 UNWRA personnel. How can UN representatives bear to have the Israeli ambassador in the same room?