Fuel shortages left the al-Shifa hospital without power, killing a premature baby and four patients in the intensive care unit, Gaza health officials said Saturday.
Escalating Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have left thousands of people dead, and the toll continues to climb, according to Palestinian health authorities. The Washington Post, like other news organizations, the United Nations and other international institutions, cannot independently verify death tolls in the war between Israel and Hamas. News reports cite figures released by the Gaza Health Ministry — an agency of the Hamas-controlled government. Since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct.
Israel controls all but one crossing into Gaza; that one crossing is controlled by Egypt. The Gaza Strip and West Bank — part of the Palestinian territories that Israel occupied in 1967 — have two governments: the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, which controls pockets of the West Bank and is led by the Fatah party, and its rival Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, a militant group, ousted the Palestinian Authority from Gaza in 2007 after a disputed election.
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