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Newshour: 13/11/2023 14:06 GMT: Gaza's largest hospital is "not functioning"

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13/11/2023 14:06 GMT

13/11/2023 14:06 GMT: Gaza's largest hospital is "not functioning"

BBC World Service - Newshour, Gaza's largest hospital is "not functioning"

The World Health Organization says Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital is "not functioning"

Clashes have continued at the hospital where the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is "constant gunfire and bombings in the area". There is particular concern that 36 new-born babies requiring intensive care treatment may die. Israel has repeatedly denied accusations its forces have attacked the hospital, but has acknowledged clashes with Hamas fighters in the area. 

Also on the programme: fighting continues between Hezbollah and Israel on Lebanon's border and; the book club who have finished reading James Joyce's Finnegans Wake after 28 years.

(Photo: Al Shifa hospital: A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023. Credit: Maxar Technologies/via Reuters)

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