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The Hindu
03-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Israeli strike kills renowned Dr Marwan Al-Sultan in Gaza
The director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital has been killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Gaza City along with several family members, a relative has confirmed. Dr Marwan Sultan and his loved ones died on Wednesday in their apartment in the southwestern Tal al-Hawa area, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency. The Israeli military said it had struck a 'key terrorist' from Hamas in the Gaza City area and that claims 'uninvolved civilians' were harmed as a result of the strike were being reviewed. Editing: Aniket Singh Chauhan Visuals: Viory
Time Magazine
03-07-2025
- Health
- Time Magazine
Gaza Hospital Director Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Dr. Marwan Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, according to relatives and the Gaza Health Ministry. The doctor was killed alongside his wife, sister, daughter and son-in-law when a missile hit the apartment where the family where staying, his surviving daughter Lobna said. 'A missile was dropped on his room exactly, on his place, on him precisely. All the rooms were fine except for his; the missile hit it precisely,' she added. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement to TIME that it struck a 'key Hamas terrorist' on Wednesday during an operation in Gaza City. 'The claim that as a result of the strike uninvolved civilians were harmed is being reviewed. The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and operates to mitigate harm to them as much as possible,' it said. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) condemned the death, describing Sultan as 'a dedicated medical professional who had worked under unimaginable conditions to provide care to patients trying to survive months of Israel's military bombardment and blockade.' Death of doctor adds to rising toll of healthcare workers in Gaza war MAP says that the number of healthcare workers killed in Gaza has now reached at least 1,580 since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. 'Despite being protected under international law, Gaza's healthcare workers are being erased before the world's eyes,' MAP said in a statement in response to Sultan's death on Wednesday. Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Gaza-based organization, said that Sultan's death brings the number of healthcare workers killed by Israeli airstrikes to 50 over the past 70 days. The Indonesian Hospital, which Sultan managed, was forced to close in May after 'repeated Israeli attacks and sustained structural damage,' according to the United Nations. Sultan had at the time described the Israeli attacks as a 'direct targeting of the hospital, including the intensive care unit.' Gaza's health system strained under sustained Israeli attacks The World Health Organization (WHO) last month said that there were no more functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza, with the health system across the whole of the strip 'collapsing.' The deterioration of the enclave's health system comes with repeated strikes targeting hospitals. WHO said patients sheltering in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital, Deir al-Balah, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, adding that it has documented 734 attacks on health facilities in Gaza since the start of the war. The International Committee for the Red Cross said that it is 'alarmed by the intensifying hostilities' in Gaza and that its Field Hospital is overwhelmed as a result. The ICRC urgently reiterates its call for the protection of medical personnel and medical facilities in Gaza. They must be respected and protected to safeguard a lifeline for the wounded and sick,' a statement read. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 118 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total deaths in Gaza to over 57,000 since the start of the war. The ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies in the absence of independent monitoring on the ground. The war was triggered after the Hamas terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages.
03-07-2025
- Health
Multiple Canadian airports affected by bomb threats that temporarily ground flights
Headlines Latest News Podcasts (new window) Travellers pass lineups at the Ottawa International Airport on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Photo: (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Service gradually resuming, Nav Canada said in a statement. Multiple Canadian airports faced bomb threats Thursday morning that grounded flights and are expected to cause widespread delays, according to air traffic control manager Nav Canada. Early this morning, NAV CANADA was made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, Nav Canada said in a statement posted to X (new window) around 8:30 a.m. ET. Employees at impacted locations are safe, and a temporary ground stop has been implemented at the affected airports. In an update posted at 9:18, Nav Canada said service is gradually resuming. Following the evacuation of a number of our sites and subsequent threat assessment by authorities, service is gradually resuming at affected sites. Travellers are advised to check directly with their airline for the latest updates, as delays are expected. We thank airlines and passengers for their patience as we work towards normal operations, the update said. More to come. CBC News May drop follows big jump in April as trade war started to show up in data. On Canada Day, newcomers to Saskatchewan reflect on identity, inclusion and calling a new country home. Least flycatcher are taking wing early for their wintering grounds, study suggests. Dr. Marwan Sultan among the more than 1,500 medical workers killed in Gaza since October 2023: Health … 20 hours ago International Health Canada's black-and-white labels warn shoppers if a product is high in sugar, sodium or saturated fat.
Saudi Gazette
03-07-2025
- Health
- Saudi Gazette
Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike
GAZA — The director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital has been killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Gaza City along with several family members, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. The ministry said Dr Marwan Sultan had a long career in medicine, and condemned "this heinous crime against our medical cadres". The Israeli military said it had struck a "key terrorist" from Hamas in the Gaza City area and that claims "uninvolved civilians" were harmed as a result of the strike were being reviewed. Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and others injured, including children, in a strike on the al-Mawasi "safe zone", one of several other attacks reported by news agencies. The health ministry said Dr Sultan's career was one of compassion "during which he was a symbol of dedication, steadfastness and sincerity, during the most difficult circumstances and most trying moments experienced by our people under continuous aggression". Dr Sultan was the director at the Indonesian Hospital, declared out of service by the health ministry after what the UN later described as "repeated Israeli attacks and sustained structural damage". The Israeli military had said it was fighting "terrorist infrastructure sites" in the are now no functioning hospitals in the north Gaza governate, according to the health ministry accused the Israeli military of targeting medical and humanitarian its statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and "operates to mitigate harm to them as much as possible".The IDF said Hamas "systematically violates international law while using civilian infrastructure for terrorist activity and the civilian population as human shields".But Dr Sultan's doctor's daughter, Lubna al-Sultan, said "an F-16 missile targeted his room exactly, right where he was, directly on him"."All the rooms in the house were intact except for his room, which was hit by the missile. My father was martyred in it," she told the Associated said he was "not affiliated with a movement or anything, he just fears for the patients [he] treats, throughout the war".Across Gaza, at least 139 people were killed by Israeli military operations in the 24 hours before midday on Wednesday, the health ministry the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, at least five people were killed and others, including children, wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a tent housing displaced people, news agencies members of those killed said it hit at 00:40 local time (22:40 BST) while they were Abu Rizq told AFP the strike "shook the place like an earthquake", and she "went outside and found the tent on fire".The al-Mawasi area was declared a "safe zone" by the Israeli military, as the UN says 80% of Gaza is either an Israeli military zone or under an evacuation order."They came here thinking it was a safe area and they were killed... What did they do?" Maha Abu Rizq the scene, surrounded by destruction and a jumble of personal items, one man held up a pack of nappies and asked: "Is this a weapon?"Footage recorded by AFP shows men alighting from a car in front of nearby Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and rushing inside carrying blood-covered children in their arms. Inside the hospital, young children cry as doctors treat their weep over the bodies of their relatives in funerals at the hospital in other AFP footage."Anyone of any religion must take action and say: Enough! Stop this war!" Ekram al-Akhras, who lost several cousins in one of the strikes, Gaza City, another four people from the same family were killed in an Israeli air strike on a house, news agencies four people killed were Ahmed Ayyad Zeno, his wife Ayat Zeno, and their daughters, Zahra Zeno and Obaida Zeno, according to Palestinian news outlet BBC has contacted the IDF for comment about the two Cummings, who is working in Gaza with Save the Children, told reporters that during "wishing circles" at the charity's child-friendly spaces, children have recently been "wishing to die" in order to be with their mother or father who has been killed, or to have food and a heatwave spread across the UK and Europe this week, temperatures also topped 30C in people living in tents said they were struggling to stay cool without electricity and fans, and with little access to Abu Hadayed told the Associated Press the heat is "indescribable" and her children cannot sleep."They cry all day until sunset, when the temperature drops a little, then they go to sleep," she said. "When morning comes, they start crying again due to the heat."Israel has continued to bomb Gaza and control the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid as mediators meet to negotiate a potential ceasefire attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as then, Israel's military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 57,000 people, including more than 15,000 children, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. — BBC
02-07-2025
- Health
Director of north Gaza hospital killed alongside his family in Israeli strike on apartment
The director of one of north Gaza's largest hospitals was killed, along with his wife, daughter and sister, in an Israeli strike on their apartment, medical officials said Wednesday. Dr. Marwan Sultan was the director of the Indonesian Hospital — the largest medical facility north of Gaza City and a critical lifeline for civilians in the area since the start of the nearly 21-month-long war in the territory. Diaa Al-Najjar, Sultan's nephew, said his uncle never stopped working amid the war, even for a moment. He kept resisting. Until the last second, the last moment, Al-Najjar told CBC News in Gaza City. May God grant us patience and may God have mercy on our martyrs. Palestinians stand next to bodies outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as they mourn the deaths of Al-Sultan, his wife, his daughter and his sister. (Mahmoud Issa/Reuters) Photo: (Mahmoud Issa/Reuters) The bodies of Sultan and his family arrived at Shifa Hospital in pieces, according to Issam Nabhan, head of the nursing department at the Indonesian Hospital. Gaza lost a great man and doctor, Nabhan said. He never left the hospital one moment since the war began, and urged us to stay and provide humanitarian assistance. We don't know what he did to deserve getting killed. 1,500 health-care workers killed since 2023 The hospital was surrounded by Israeli troops (new window) in May, and evacuated alongside the other two primary hospitals in northern Gaza, after Israeli forces renewed their offensive in the region, saying at the time it was targeting Hamas infrastructure. Only 20 of Gaza's 36 hospitals were partially functioning in May, while others were forced to shutter as a result of damage from Israeli strikes. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other aid groups have accused Israel of targeting hospitals and condemned the attacks and arrests of medical workers. Munir Al-Barash, general director of Gaza's Health Ministry, said the killing of Sultan is the latest death in a long list of health-care workers targeted in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Marwan Sultan was under [Israeli army] siege in the Indonesian Hospital ... and he insisted on continuing operations and did not stop, Al-Barash told CBC News freelance videographer Mohamed El Saife on Wednesday outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli [military] is targeting medical figures. More than 1,500 healthcare workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. WATCH | Charities call on dismantling of GHF aid system: Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? Palestinians caught between starvation and danger at aid sites WARNING: This video contains distressing images | Dozens of aid organizations are calling for an immediate change to how aid is delivered in Gaza. They say Palestinians are left with an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot. The ministry also said the death toll in Gaza passed the 57,000 mark Tuesday into Wednesday, after hospitals received 142 bodies overnight. Since dawn Wednesday, Israeli strikes killed a total of 40 people across the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said. Hospital officials said at least four children and seven women were among the dead. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 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. And it has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, pushing hundreds of thousands of people toward hunger. Hamas reviewing Trump-backed ceasefire plan The latest deaths in Gaza come as Hamas said it was studying what U.S. President Donald Trump called a final ceasefire proposal for Gaza. Trump had said Tuesday that Israel had agreed to the conditions needed to finalize a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas after what he described as a long and productive meeting between his representatives and Israeli officials. In a statement, Hamas said it was studying new ceasefire offers it received from the mediators Egypt and Qatar but stressed it aimed to reach an agreement that would ensure an end to the war and an Israeli pullout from Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the elimination of Hamas in his first public remarks since Trump's announcement. There will not be a Hamas. There will not be a Hamastan. We're not going back to that. It's over, Netanyahu told a meeting hosted by the Trans-Israel pipeline. Sara Jabakhanji (new window) · CBC News
