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Forty-five Egyptian doctors are trying to join Gilbert, but the border remains closed.
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"People are dying now because of the lack of supplies. We have all the operating rooms full. Yesterday, we were operating two patients in one operating room. The patients have to wait a long time for surgery and they are dying waiting for surgery. This is a complete disaster," Gilbert said.
On Israel's northern border there was more cause for concern. The Lebanese press reported that Israeli jets had strayed into Lebanon's airspace. Israel's Defense Forces did not comment on the reports though Defense Minister Ehud Barak, when he announced the ground invasion Saturday night, said the country was keeping a watchful eye on its northern border where Israel fought a war with Hezbollah in 2006. And Lebanon's Al Hayat newspaper reports that Hezbollah forces have been put on the highest state of alert. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been giving fiery speeches daily in Beirut but has so far not directed his fighters to conduct attacks along Israel's northern border.
Palestinian Parliamentarian Hanan Ashrawi says now that Israel has committed ground forces, it has the tougher job. It must get Hamas to relent, otherwise, "it seems to me Hamas has to survive, that's all it has to do; not to surrender, not to wave a white flag and then it will present itself as being the victor."
Sami Zyara contributed to the reporting of this story from Gaza; Simon McGregor-Wood from the Gaza-Israel border; and Nasser Atta, Matthew McGarry, Bruno Nota, Dana Savir and Franco Shlomo from Jerusalem.
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