At least 210 Palestinians were killed and over 400 others injured by Israeli forces after they targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on June 8, according to the Government Media Office in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

The injured were transported to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which the media office said was “unable to accommodate the number of martyrs and injured due to the Israeli bombardment”.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli artillery and warplanes have been conducting violent and intense raids for hours on areas east of Deir al Balah, al Bureij and al Maghazi camps, as well as various locations in the centre, west, and east of the Nuseirat camp.

Saudi Arabia has said that pilgrims can expect an average high temperature of 44°C (or 111 degrees Fahrenheit) in Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage this month.

"The expected climate for Hajj this year will witness an increase in average temperatures of one and a half to two degrees above normal in Mecca and Medina," National Meteorology Centre chief Ayman Ghulam said during a press conference on June 4.

He noted that the forecast indicates "relative humidity of 25 percent, rain rates close to zero, and an average maximum temperature of 44 degrees."

The Hajj, which begins on June 14, is one of Islam's five pillars and must be performed at least once by all Muslims who have the means to do so.

Last year, more than 1.8 million Muslims took part in the Hajj, during which over 2,000 people suffered heat stress as temperatures soared to 48°C (or 118 degrees Fahrenheit), according to official Saudi figures.

However, the actual number of heat stress cases — including heatstroke, exhaustion, cramps, and rashes — was likely much higher, as many sufferers were not admitted to hospitals or clinics.

This year's Hajj is expected to be the last official summer Hajj in Saudi Arabia as the annual pilgrimage starts almost a fortnight earlier each year following Islamic Hijri lunar calendar, which lasts 354 days.

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The triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of death from malnutrition and inadequate medical care, amidst Israel’s ongoing assault and blockade on the Gaza enclave.

After her house was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, the mother sought refuge near Al Shifa hospital with her babies. However, they were forced to flee once again to Nuseirat camp in central Gaza following Israeli forces’ siege and subsequent attacks on the hospital.

The triplets– Malak, Khader and Mustafa Awad – are struggling to survive under exceedingly harsh humanitarian conditions. Israel’s continued blockade and onslaught of Gaza has plunged the enclave into severe food scarcity. One in three children in the region are acutely malnourished, and at least two in every 10,000 people are dying every day of starvation or malnutrition.

"Mothers should be wrapping their arms around their children. Those children should not be wrapped in a body bag."

The humanitarian situation in Palestine’s besieged Gaza is a complete "nightmare" for mothers and babies, with doctors reporting small and sickly newborns, stillbirths and women forced to undergo C-sections without adequate anaesthesia, a UN official has said.

"I'm personally leaving Gaza this week terrified for the one million women and girls of Gaza ... and most especially for the 180 women who are giving birth every single day," Dominic Allen, UN Population Fund representative for Palestine, said on March 15.

"Doctors are reporting that they no longer see normal-sized babies," Allen said after visiting hospitals in northern Gaza. "What they do see, though, tragically, is more stillborn births ... and more neonatal deaths, caused in part by malnutrition, dehydration and complications."

The numbers of complicated deliveries are roughly twice what they were before Israel launched its war — with mothers stressed, fearful, underfed and exhausted — and caregivers often lacking necessary supplies.

"It's a nightmare which is much more than a humanitarian crisis," he said. "It is a crisis of humanity ... beyond catastrophic."

As Israel continues to bombard Gaza, targeting the last remaining hospitals, a university and refugee camps this past week, it has killed at least 24,620 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 7.

The mounting and unprecedented “human catastrophe” of the onslaught, in numbers

Ürdün silahlı kuvvetleri, Gazze’deki Ürdün Sahra Hastanesi’ne paraşütle acil tıbbi malzeme ulaştırdı.

Jordanian armed forces delivered emergency medical supplies by parachute to the Jordan Field Hospital in Gaza.

Jehad Alshrafi

As we approach the 80-day mark, this summary outlines Israel genocidal war crimes on Gaza, including continuous airstrikes, artillery bombardments, and ground operations:

Updating the most important statistics related to the brutal "Israeli" genocidal war on the Gaza Strip – Tuesday, December 19, 2023

- (74 days) of comprehensive genocide warfare.
- (1,697) massacres.
- (26,667) martyrs and missing.
- (19,667) martyrs who reached the hospitals.
- (8,000) child martyrs.
- (6,200) female martyrs.
- (310) martyrs from medical teams.
- (35) martyrs from civil defense.
- (97) journalist martyrs.
- (7,000) missing, 70% of them children and women.
- (52,586) injured.
- (99) health personnel arrested.
- (8) journalists detained.
- (1.8) million displaced in the Gaza Strip.
- (355,000) infected with infectious diseases due to displacement.
- (126) government headquarters destroyed by the occupation.
- (90) schools and universities completely destroyed by the occupation.
- (282) schools and universities partially destroyed by the occupation.
- (112) mosques completely destroyed by the occupation.
- (200) mosques partially destroyed by the occupation.
- (3) churches targeted and destroyed by the occupation.
- (52,600) housing units completely destroyed by the occupation.
- (254,000) housing units partially destroyed by the occupation.
- (23) hospitals put out of service by the occupation.
- (53) health centers put out of service by the occupation.
- (140) health institutions partially targeted by the occupation.
- (102) ambulances completely destroyed by the occupation.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah died on Saturday December 16, aged 86, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power in the Gulf country.

The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed. The emir was admitted to hospital late last month and, at the time, the state news agency reported that he was being treated for an emergency health problem but was in a stable condition.

The Israeli army reportedly used bulldozers to bury Palestinians alive, concluding a week long siege on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

Anas al Sharif, an Al Jazeera journalist, entered the hospital after the Israeli forces withdrew and released a statement on the social media platform X, saying: "Dozens of displaced people, patients and injured people were buried while they were still alive."

Eyewitnesses also corroborated the story, saying that Israeli vehicles turned the garden and parking area of ​​the hospital upside down, targeted the hospital building with artillery shells and destroyed the tents in the hospital garden with people still in them.

Director-general of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Munir al Boursh, stated that the Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital leaving a "humanitarian disaster" in their wake. The Palestinian Health Minister Mai al Kaila has called for an investigation to verify these reports.