Gaza health ministry says 68 of 116 hospital generators are out of service
Neonatal care at al-Rantisi and al-Shifa has been disrupted; a medical relief director says 2,027 patients have died awaiting treatment or evacuation.
Brief · Source: Quds News Network / WAFA, 6 Nov, 13:03
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Gaza death toll since October 2023 reaches 74,392, medical sources say
Three bodies and 17 injured people reached hospitals in 24 hours; 1,501 people have been killed since the ceasefire began a year ago. WAFA / Gaza medical sources
Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of olive trees in Kafr Malik, sources say
Thirty-five dunums of farmland beside the bypass road were razed under a military order issued ten days earlier, local sources told WAFA. WAFA
More than 430 Jerusalem homes and structures demolished this year, researcher says
Fakhri Abu Diab told Voice of Palestine radio that 23,280 demolition orders are in force and that no more than 1% of Jerusalemites who applied this year got permits. WAFA
Two women held in Damon prison have scabies, prisoners’ commission says
The detainees, aged 20 and 31, told a commission lawyer their rooms were raided with gas and sound grenades on 7 October and that food is scarce. WAFA / Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs
Egyptian surgeons resume open-heart operations at Gaza City hospital
The team at al-Quds Hospital, working with HEAL Palestine, aims to operate on about 30 patients while more than 200 critical cases wait, WAFA reported. WAFA (video report)
Tuqu’ sealed for a second day as Israeli forces install new gate near Jenin
All seven entrances to Tuqu’ are closed with iron gates, its mayor said; a new gate at Wad Da’uq follows gates fitted at Arraba’s entrances on Tuesday. WAFA / Tuqu' Municipality
Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem; Palestinian ministry calls it a violation
Colombia is the tenth country with an embassy in the city, Reuters reported; Ramallah says the move breaches Security Council resolutions 476 and 478. WAFA (Palestinian Foreign Ministry); Reuters
More than 2,000 children detained since October 2023, Prisoners’ Society says
At least 350 remain in custody, the society said, after at least six children were detained overnight in Sa’ir and al-Shuyukh, near Hebron. Quds News Network / Palestinian Prisoners' Society
Israeli forces ransack prisoners’ commission office in Salfit, demolish Haris workshops
Troops tore photographs and questioned staff at the office, its director said; three vehicle-repair shops owned by two brothers were razed in Haris. WAFA
Israeli forces detain mother of man they killed in 2023, near Tulkarm checkpoint
The 47-year-old woman from Tulkarm refugee camp was detained near Jubara checkpoint, the Prisoners’ Society said; two young men were also arrested in the governorate. WAFA / Palestinian Prisoners' Society