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US President Joe Biden said hospitals in the Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for "less intrusive" action by Israel as Israeli tanks advanced to the gates of the besieged enclave's main hospital.
Israeli tanks have taken up positions outside Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City's main medical center, which Israel says sits atop tunnels housing a headquarters for Hamas fighters who are using patients as shields.
Hamas denies the Israeli claim.
Israel launched its war against Hamas after the Islamist Palestinian group's October 7 rampage into southern Israel. Around 1,200 people died in that attack and 240 were dragged to Gaza as hostages, according to Israel's tally.
“ We have not yet located both of these hostages,
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“ As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalised Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution,
Joe Biden,
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“ If the fuel does not come in, people will start to die because of the lack of fuel. Exactly, as of when, I don’t know. But it will be sooner rather than later,
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“ If the fuel does not come in, people will start to die because of the lack of fuel. Exactly as from when, I don’t know. But it will be sooner rather than later,
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“ You have a circumstance where the first war crime is being committed by Hamas by having their headquarters, their military, hidden under a hospital. And that’s a fact, that’s what’s happened,
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“ I’ve been talking with people involved every single day. I believe it’s going to happen but I don’t want to get into detail,
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“ There are bodies littered in the hospital complex and there is no longer electricity at the morgues,
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