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9 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Dozens waiting for aid among 94 killed in Gaza
Air strikes and shootings have killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the health ministry say. Israel's military did not immediately comment on the strikes. Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in air strikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. Gaza's health ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza had passed 57,000 since the war began on October 7, 2023. The toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas's response, which emphasised its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialise into an actual pause in fighting. The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday. The UK-based human rights group Amnesty International condemned both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the US and Israel have tapped to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations. The Amnesty report said Israel has "turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians" through GHF's militarised hubs. The conditions have created "a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point", it said. Israel's foreign minister denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organisation had "joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies". Gaza's health ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centres in the past month, including five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centres are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1200 people and taking about 250 hostages. The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry. Air strikes and shootings have killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the health ministry say. Israel's military did not immediately comment on the strikes. Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in air strikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. Gaza's health ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza had passed 57,000 since the war began on October 7, 2023. The toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas's response, which emphasised its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialise into an actual pause in fighting. The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday. The UK-based human rights group Amnesty International condemned both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the US and Israel have tapped to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations. The Amnesty report said Israel has "turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians" through GHF's militarised hubs. The conditions have created "a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point", it said. Israel's foreign minister denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organisation had "joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies". Gaza's health ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centres in the past month, including five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centres are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1200 people and taking about 250 hostages. The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry. Air strikes and shootings have killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the health ministry say. Israel's military did not immediately comment on the strikes. Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in air strikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. Gaza's health ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza had passed 57,000 since the war began on October 7, 2023. The toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas's response, which emphasised its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialise into an actual pause in fighting. The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday. The UK-based human rights group Amnesty International condemned both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the US and Israel have tapped to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations. The Amnesty report said Israel has "turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians" through GHF's militarised hubs. The conditions have created "a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point", it said. Israel's foreign minister denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organisation had "joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies". Gaza's health ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centres in the past month, including five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centres are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1200 people and taking about 250 hostages. The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry. Air strikes and shootings have killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the health ministry say. Israel's military did not immediately comment on the strikes. Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip. Dozens of people were killed in air strikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people. Gaza's health ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza had passed 57,000 since the war began on October 7, 2023. The toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas's response, which emphasised its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialise into an actual pause in fighting. The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday. The UK-based human rights group Amnesty International condemned both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the US and Israel have tapped to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations. The Amnesty report said Israel has "turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians" through GHF's militarised hubs. The conditions have created "a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point", it said. Israel's foreign minister denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organisation had "joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies". Gaza's health ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centres in the past month, including five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centres are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1200 people and taking about 250 hostages. The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry.
News.com.au
18 hours ago
- News.com.au
‘Can't function normally': Princess Kate speaks candidly about her cancer journey
For a woman who looked like the heaviest thing she ever picked up was a partridge fork, Queen Elizabeth really knew her way around a shovel, planting more than 1,500 trees in her lifetime. She certainly never once knelt in a flower bed, dug her hands into the soil and had a bloody good time doing it. And she certainly never sat in a circle of strangers and bared her soul, talking about how couldn't 'function normally'. However, this is exactly what the next Queen has just done, with Kate, The Princess of Wales giving the rawest and most emotional account ever of her cancer battle yet (and joyfully getting covered in soil). On Wednesday, the princess visited a Colchester hospital cancer centre where, clutching a mug of tea (joking, 'as a parent you know you'll keep losing your cup of tea') she sat down with a group of patients and volunteers centre and opened up in a way that the world has never seen before. As cameras nearby rolled, stereotypical, traditional royal reserve was replaced with a very human and very frank princess who went on the record about the 'rollercoaster' of events since being diagnosed with cancer in early 2024. '[It] is a very scary journey', she said. 'It is a life-changing experience … Both for the patient but also for the families as well.' The mother-of-three admitted, 'you have to find your new normal and that takes time … and it's a rollercoaster … you go through hard times.' The princess revealed how she had continued to struggle even after finishing treatment, saying 'Everybody expects you to be better – go! But that's not the case at all.' 'You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment's done, then it's like 'I can crack on, get back to normal' but actually the phase afterwards is really difficult. You're not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to. 'You have to find your new normal and that takes time.' Seen on the page, it's hard to get across the realness and vulnerability of her words and videos show a clearly emotional Princess of Wales. Later, outside interposing rain, per the Times, after kneeling in the dirt to plant a rose, Kate told waiting staff and patients braving the weather, 'I'm just washing my hands – I'll be back', before returning to pose for selfies. And while this visit might have featured many of the time honoured beats of royal engagements since the Queen Mother was still hard at it- a Windsor, a regional hospital, a commemorative shrub, a walkabout - this Kate visit is something totally apart and quite extraordinary. Widely reported to an inherently shy person, talking about the 'life-changing' experience of the last 18 months might not have been an easy one for the Princess of Wales. 'She has never found the public appearances, and the forensic attention and criticism that goes with them, at all easy to deal with,' a 'well-connected source' recently told the Daily Beast's Tom Sykes. It is only now that the extent of her health fight has started coming to light. Last week the Daily Mail reported that the princess 'is fortunate' to have survived cancer, with '[some]one who knows her well' saying she had been 'to hell and back'. After pulling out of an appearance at Ascot less than hour before Kate, had been due to arrive, a 'well-connected source' told the Daily Beast it had been 'wake-up call, not a one-off.' However clearly cancer has not just changed the 43-year-old but how the degree to which she is willing to be seen and to show her real self to the world. Heart, meet sleeve. The 'I' key on her keyboard has never gotten a greater workout. Ever since March 2024 when she sat on a garden bench surrounded by daffodils in Windsor to record a statement revealing she had cancer, the princess has skipped reserved, removed press releases to speak directly to the people. In June last year she posed for a powerful portrait of herself under a willow and released a personal message and talked about having 'good days and bad days' and 'I am learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty.' Then in September, to announce she had finished her chemotherapy, she and Prince William and their three young children filmed a golden-hued, nearly three minute meditation on love, family and the healing power of nature. 'The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family,' she said in the voiceover. 'Life as you know it can change in an instant'. What they had been through had been 'complex, scary and unpredictable'. Come, January Kate revealed she was 'in remission' and visited the hospital where she had had treatment, the Royal Marsden, talking about the cold of chemo and saying, 'I really felt like I needed to get the sun. You need loads of water and loads of sunlight.' Can you imagine, for a heartbeat, King Charles who also has cancer offering anything so frank and real? William has undergone this same shift towards openness, saying in an interview saying that 2024 had 'probably the hardest year in my life' and that it had been 'dreadful' and 'brutal'. There is a certain, rough symmetry here. Monday would have been Diana, Princess of Wales' 64th birthday, and this is the version the royal family wanted so badly- one that could and would feel their feelings and offer a far more human face to the world. There is another detail about Kate's Wednesday outing that reflects the new ground that the Waleses are staking out for the monarchy: On her feet were a pair of everyday mum trainers.
ABC News
20 hours ago
- ABC News
Princess Catherine says cancer treatment 'like a roller-coaster'
The Princess of Wales has revealed more details about her cancer treatment, describing it as a "roller-coaster" when speaking to patients at a hospital in Eastern England. The 43-year-old announced in March last year she was undergoing treatment after tests following major abdominal surgery revealed she had a form of cancer. Princess Catherine never revealed what type of cancer she had but completed the course of treatment in September. Earlier this year, she revealed she was in remission. "You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment, [and then] treatment's done. Then it's like, 'I can crack on, get back to normal,' but actually the phase afterwards is really … difficult," she told staff and patients during her visit to Colchester Hospital. She said the treatment was "life-changing" for patients and their loved ones and said: "It's a roller-coaster, not one smooth plain." The princess emphasised the importance of support after treatment, noting that while patients might no longer be getting clinical care, they were often struggling to "function normally at home". "And actually, someone to help talk you through that, show and guide you through that sort of phase that comes after treatment, I think that is really valuable," she said. The princess resumed her official duties this year but did not attend the Royal Ascot on June 18 as expected. During her visit to the hospital, the princess planted several roses, which the Royal Horticultural Society has named "Catherine's Rose" in her honour. The pink roses were donated to the hospital's Wellbeing Garden as part of an effort to bring healing green spaces to "those in need" across several UK locations. According to US publication People magazine, the princess is expected to appear next among other members of the royal family when hosting French President Emmanuel Macron on a UK visit. Other members of the royal family are also facing health battles. King Charles III last year announced he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer. He returned to some public-facing duties in April last year and travelled to Australia and Samoa in October. Queen Camilla missed multiple engagements at the end of last year due to a chest infection. However, she has since returned to royal duties.
