Israel’s war on Gaza live: Enclave’s health system ‘collapsing’

By Nils Adler, Saif Khalid and Mersiha Gadzo

Published On 13 May 2024

• Israeli forces order medical staff at Rafah’s Kuwaiti Hospital to evacuate as Gaza’s Health Ministry warns that the health system could collapse across the Strip in “a few hours”.
• Fierce clashes in Jabalia in north Gaza as Israel sends troops and tanks back into the area. The ground assault follows a night of intense air raids in the area.
• At least 360,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah, according to the United Nations, as Israel expands its offensive in the southern city as well as northern Gaza.
• Egypt says it will formally join the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip.
• At least 35,034 people have been killed and 78,755 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens of people still held captive.