Hospitals in Gaza faced collapse Monday as supplies neared depletion, putting thousands of patients' lives at risk, according to the United Nations.
Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt's border with Gaza as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded Monday for water, food and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian territory sealed off by Israel after last week's rampage by Hamas was near total collapse.
Speaking to the Israeli Knesset, Netanyahu warned Iran and Hezbollah,"Don't test us in the north. Don't make the mistake of the past. Today, the price you will pay will be far heavier," referring to Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah, which operates out of Lebanon. Also Monday, Hamas' military wing released a hostage video showing a dazed woman who identified herself as Mia Shem, 21, having her arm wrapped with bandages. In her statement, Shem rocked slightly as the sound of explosions reverberated in the background. She said she was taken from Sderot, a small Israeli city near the Gaza border where she attended a party. Hamas said she had undergone a three-hour operation.
The head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, in charge of monitoring militant groups, took responsibility for failing to avert Hamas' surprise attack. As agency head,"the responsibility for that is on me," Ronen Bar said. Hospitals are expected to run out of generator fuel in the next 24 hours, meaning life-saving equipment like incubators and ventilators will stop functioning, the U.N. said. Thousands of patients' lives were at risk, the U.N. said.
The few operating bakeries had long snaking lines of people. Ahmad Salah in the city of Deir al-Balah said he waited 10 hours to get a kilo of bread to feed 20-30 family members.UNRWA said 170,000 people were sheltering at its schools in the north when the order to leave came. But it couldn't evacuate them and doesn't know if they remained. More than 40,000 have crowded in the grounds of Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital and surrounding streets, hoping it will be safe from bombardment.
The country's water ministry said water had been restored at one"specific point" in Gaza, outside the southern town of Khan Younis, but aid workers in Gaza said they had not yet seen evidence the water was back.
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