US President Biden answered journalists’ questions in the Oval Office about the Israeli army’s targeting of civilians and healthcare institutions in Gaza.
The US President said, “As we know, I have not hesitated to express my concerns about what is happening. My hope and expectation is that there will be fewer intervention actions against hospitals and that we will remain in contact with the Israelis.” said.
“So I’m a little bit hopeful, but hospitals need to be protected,” Biden said, speaking at the White House as he signed on to a women’s health research initiative with First Lady Jill Biden. she said.
While Israel has been carrying out heavy attacks on the immediate surroundings of the Shifa Hospital since last week, claiming that it was used by Hamas, Hamas constantly rejects Israel’s claim.
On the other hand, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on the social media platform made his assessment.
LATEST SITUATION IN ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON GAZA
While the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, on the grounds of “responding to Israel’s constant violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Masjid al-Aqsa”, the Israeli army also launched heavy air strikes against the Gaza Strip. started the bombardment.
Israel announced that 1,200 Israelis, including 363 soldiers, have died and 5,132 people have been injured since October 7, 44 of them in the clashes within the Gaza Strip and 6 in the north on the Lebanese border.
According to Israel, the Qassam Brigades hold 239 Israeli prisoners.
According to the government in Gaza, the number of deaths exceeded 11 thousand 240, of whom at least 4 thousand 630 were children and 3 thousand 130 were women.
In the West Bank and Jerusalem, Israeli forces and Jewish settlers killed 188 Palestinians.
The Israeli army hit the campuses or main buildings of dozens of hospitals in Gaza, where tens of thousands of injured and civilians took shelter, to force their evacuation. Hundreds of people died and were injured in the attacks.
74 Hezbollah members have died in the clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8.
