The Israeli military said it was carrying out a raid on Wednesday against Palestinian Hamas militants in Al Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, and urged them all to surrender. Less than an hour earlier, around 1 am local time (2300 GMT), a Gaza health ministry spokesman said Israel had told officials in the enclave that it would raid the Shifa hospital complex “in the coming minutes.” Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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Key developments from Tuesday, November 14:
- US President Biden said on Tuesday he is engaged in daily discussions to secure a release of hostages being held by Hamas and he believes it is going to happen.
- A Hamas official said that Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip had put 25 of the besieged territory’s 35 hospitals out of use.
- The Israeli army said it had captured parliament and other government institutions run by Hamas in Gaza City, as its forces deepened their offensive in the Palestinian territory.
- The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 11,320, including 4,630 children and 3,130 women.
- At least 1,200 people have died on the Israeli side, mostly civilians killed in the initial Hamas attack. Palestinian militants are holding nearly 240 hostages seized in the raid, including men, women, children and older adults. The military says 46 soldiers have been killed in ground operations in Gaza.
Our correspondent Claire Duhamel spent three hours embedded with the Israeli army in northern Gaza.
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