Gaza - Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Amidst the bitter cold and rain that flooded its tents and dried up the limbs of its children, the war on Gaza entered its 452nd day, revealing a new tragedy. The Palestinian Information Center said that about 800 Palestinian children were born and died this year before completing their first year.
The Houthis announced carrying out two military operations targeting Ben Gurion Airport and a power station, according to the statement.
Earlier, air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport was halted after a ballistic missile was launched from Yemen, some of whose fragments fell in the city of Beit Shemesh in Jerusalem, according to the newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth".
Regarding the negotiations, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted sources as saying that Hamas refused to conclude the deal without an Israeli pledge to completely stop the war on Gaza. According to the Euronews website in Brussels, which added, "This news comes after statements reported by the Hebrew media from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hinted that he would resume fighting after the prisoner exchange. In the same context, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that "the very means of survival of people are being dismantled" in Gaza, through the attack on health care, emergency services and humanitarian access, "in addition to the ongoing attacks that kill and maim civilians every hour." This came after the World Health Organization announced that Kamal Adwan Hospital had been put out of service on Friday following the storming of it by Israeli forces, during which parts of the hospital were burned and patients, caregivers and staff were forced to leave, while others were arrested, including the hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safia. In a post on the X platform on Monday, the organization's director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reiterated his calls for the release of Dr. Abu Safia, who His whereabouts remain unknown.

A group of UN agencies, including OCHA, WHO, WFP – as well as partners such as the Palestinian Red Crescent – ​​have delivered essential medical and health supplies, food and water to critically ill patients, caregivers and staff evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital to the Indonesian Hospital, which is also out of service.

At a press briefing in New York, Ms. Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez of the Office of the UN Spokesperson said her colleagues had informed her that 10 patients had been evacuated from the Indonesian Hospital, “four of whom were arrested by Israeli forces at the checkpoint as they were leaving the area.”

She said: “Seven patients, along with 15 caregivers and health workers, remain in the facility, which has been severely damaged and is now unable to provide medical care. The team also reported that the hospital has no water, electricity or sanitation.”
Ms. Nino-Martinez said that yesterday’s mission to northern Gaza was exceptional because most of the organization’s attempts – more than 150 since October – were denied by the Israeli authorities, noting that even those initially agreed to were severely hampered. Between Friday and Sunday, three out of four attempts by the organization to access the area were denied by the Israeli authorities, and only this mission was allowed through – although it also faced obstacles. “OCHA has stressed that it should not take breaking the blockade to help survivors in desperate need. Aid workers must be given safe and unfettered access to help people wherever they are,” she added. Meanwhile, armed looting continues in the Strip. Ms. Nino-Martinez said that two incidents had been recorded in the past three days in southern Gaza, affecting dozens of trucks carrying supplies and exposing drivers to grave danger. She added that the fighting and Israeli restrictions on commercial and other imports are still ongoing, warning that this "continues to paralyze the humanitarian operation at a time when families urgently need food, shelter and clothing, especially as winter hits them hard."