Israel-Gaza updates: Nasser Hospital no longer 'functional,' WHO chief says

Nasser Hospital "is not functional anymore" after Israeli forces raided the facility in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, the head of the World Health Organization said.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the U.N. health agency, said a WHO team was not allowed to enter the facility in the city of Khan Younis on Friday or Saturday "to assess the conditions of the patients and critical medical needs, despite reaching the hospital compound to deliver fuel alongside partners."

There are still about 200 patients in the hospital, including 20 who need urgent referrals to other hospitals, the WHO chief said in a statement on X.

Israel says it has apprehended about 100 suspected terrorists in the hospital, including 20 who it says participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. The military says it is looking for the remains of hostages inside the facility and does not target doctors or patients.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said a large number of medical staff were arrested by the Israel Defense Forces that turned the facility into military barracks. The facility is Gaza's largest remaining operating hospital and the strip's second-largest hospital.

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A large number of Nasser Hospital medical staff were arrested by the Israel Defense Forces, which turned the facility into military barracks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

The IDF said it apprehended 100 people "suspected of terrorist activity" in the hospital so far.

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As the death toll continues to rise, Hamas reiterated on Saturday that it will not accept an agreement with Israel without an end to the war and the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the terror group said in a statement.

"The resistance will not accept anything less than a complete cessation of aggression, the withdrawal of the occupation army from the Gaza Strip, the lifting of the unjust siege, the provision of safe and appropriate shelter for the displaced and those made homeless because of the occupation’s crimes, the return of the displaced, especially to the north of the Gaza Strip, an end to the barbaric starvation policy, and a commitment to reconstruction, all of which are humanitarian requirements and the subject of consensus among the United Nations, human rights institutions and the decision of the International Court of Justice, and the occupation must comply with them," the group's political head Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement.

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President Joe Biden said it is his "expectation" that Israel will not move forward with "any massive land invasion" in Rafah in southern Gaza as the Israelis work to get a temporary cease-fire in place to release the remaining hostages.

Biden was asked if Israel had presented a credible evacuation plan for the displaced Palestinians sheltering in Rafah. But the president’s response focused on continued efforts around a hostage deal, saying he's made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their conversations in recent days that the U.S. feels strongly that a temporary cease-fire must happen.

"I'm still hopeful that that can be done,” Biden said. “And in the meantime, I don't anticipate -- I'm hoping that the Israelis will not make any massive land invasion in the meantime. So, it's my expectation that's not going to happen. There has to be a cease-fire temporarily to get those hostages.”

"This is not just Israelis -- it's American hostages, as well,” Biden said. “My hope and expectation is that we'll get this hostage deal, we’ll bring the Americans home and the deal has been negotiated now, and we're gonna see where it takes us.”

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