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2nd week of Rafah crossing closure worsens crisis for patients: Gaza Health Ministry
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A view of Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, in Rafah, Egypt on March 19, 2026. [Ahmed Sayed – Anadolu Agency]
Israel has continued to close the Rafah land crossing for a second week, preventing patients from leaving the Gaza Strip for treatment abroad and causing a “dangerous buildup” of critical cases, the Gaza Health Ministry said Thursday.
In a statement, the ministry warned that the continued closure had led to a “dangerous and rapidly growing accumulation of critical cases,” with waiting lists for treatment abroad increasing by the day.
It said the number of people awaiting evacuation far exceeds the capacity of Gaza’s deteriorating and besieged hospitals to accommodate them or provide even the minimum level of treatment.
The ministry described the continued closure as a “grave violation of international humanitarian law and a deliberate deprivation of patients and wounded people of their right to treatment.”
It called on relevant parties to “exert serious and urgent pressure on Israel to reopen the Rafah crossing and all other crossings and facilitate the departure of critically ill patients for treatment abroad.”
The continued closure comes as more than 20,000 patients and wounded people in Gaza await evacuation for treatment abroad, amid severe shortages of medicines, medical equipment, and specialized medical services following Israel’s destruction of the healthcare system during its genocidal war on the enclave.
More than 1,344 patients have died while waiting for treatment since the ceasefire agreement took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
On Feb. 2, 2026, Israel reopened the crossing on a limited basis, allowing small numbers of patients and wounded people to leave under tight restrictions.
READ: Gaza’s future is not Washington’s to decide, says rights chief
According to Health Ministry statistics, a total of 2,480 patients and wounded people left Gaza through the crossing between Feb. 2 and Sept. 2.
This amounts to an average of about 12 patients and wounded people per day, compared with the agreed arrangement of 50 patients and 50 companions daily.
According to Health Ministry figures from October 2025, Israel’s war destroyed or rendered inoperable 25 of Gaza’s 38 hospitals, leaving 13 operating partially under difficult conditions.
The Israeli army also destroyed 103 of the enclave’s 157 primary healthcare centers during the genocide, while the remaining 54 continued to operate partially.
Israeli violations of the ceasefire had killed 1,501 Palestinians and injured 5,323 others as of Monday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Since October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 175,000 injured in Gaza in Israel’s genocide, while around 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.
READ: Obama says Israel has ‘ceded moral ground’ in Middle East conflict
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Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
16 October 2026
Gaza government denies imposing fees on trucks, demands entry of 600 daily
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Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip on October 15, 2025. [Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images]
The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip on Thursday denied imposing taxes or fees on commercial trucks, accusing Israel of promoting allegations to justify restrictions on the entry of goods and demanding that Israel be compelled to allow 600 trucks into the enclave daily, Anadolu reports.
It came in response to allegations made Wednesday by Yoram Halevi, the Israeli government’s coordinator of activities in the Palestinian territories, regarding the imposition of financial charges on traders and measures regulating cash transactions in Gaza.
The media office accused Israel of waging a “disinformation campaign” and attempting to hold Gaza’s government authorities responsible for delays in allowing trucks to enter the enclave.
It said it sent messages to mediators and international bodies to clarify its position and warn against additional Israeli measures that could worsen the humanitarian crisis.
The media office stressed that “no government taxes or fees have been imposed on commercial trucks,” and that it had collected no taxes or fees on commercial activities in the last three years, given the enclave’s exceptional humanitarian and economic conditions.
READ: 2nd week of Rafah crossing closure worsens crisis for patients: Gaza Health Ministry
Halevi alleged in a letter to international officials that the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, was demanding traders pay 10,000 shekels ($3,225) for each truck entering Gaza, claiming that it had prompted the private sector to halt coordination for the entry of goods.
The media office said the amount was linked to a “voluntary community initiative” involving businesspeople, public figures, institutions and companies. It said the funds were allocated to support orphans, widows, children and students in need, as well as housing, sanitation and relief projects.
Halevi also alleged that Hamas was requiring traders to sell 30% of their goods in cash to control funds.
The media office said the 30% cash-transaction measures were introduced to address a severe cash shortage, the widespread circulation of worn-out banknotes, and the need to facilitate buying and selling.
It stressed that the Chamber of Commerce initiated the measures and agreed to them, rather than the government deciding unilaterally.
The media office said the “most urgent and highest priority is to ensure the regular and sufficient flow of goods into the Gaza Strip.”
It added that announced understandings, including those reached through the Sharm el-Sheikh track, required Israel to allow aid and supplies into Gaza, specifically 600 trucks daily.
The media office urged mediators, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, the UN and international bodies to pressure Israel to honor its commitments and verify the facts through direct communication with authorities in the enclave.
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Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
16 October 2026
Lebanon presses US to push Israel for halt to attacks
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gives a speech at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 30, 2026. [Doğukan Keskinkılıç – Anadolu Agency]
Lebanon on Thursday asked the US to urge Israel to halt attacks that target southern Lebanese towns despite a framework deal, Anadolu reports.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the latest situation in Lebanon and the region, according to a presidency statement.
Aoun asked Rubio to push Tel Aviv to abide by the provisions of the framework agreement, cease land-clearing operations, allow farmers to access their fields, and refrain from targeting them.
He informed Rubio that the Lebanese army and security forces were fully carrying out their duties in implementing decisions to prevent armed displays, seize weapons and ammunition, and combat smuggling.
The Lebanese president stressed that the judicial authorities were following up on all cases referred to them, and there would be “no leniency” toward those responsible for violations.
Israeli has continued attacks in southern Lebanon since early March, killed more than 4,300 people and displacing more than a million.
In June, Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a US-sponsored framework agreement providing for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory, as well as the disarmament of Hezbollah, among other provisions.
READ: Lebanese president, top Iranian diplomat stress diplomatic solutions to regional conflicts
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Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
16 October 2026
UN says more than 230,000 displaced by fighting in Yemen since August
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Displaced Yemeni families, who fled Houthi attacks on their villages in Taiz and the western coast region, receive food and shelter supplies provided by aid organizations in Aden, Yemen on October 12, 2026. [Abdulnasser Alseddik – Anadolu Agency]
More than 230,000 people have been displaced by fighting in Yemen since August, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Thursday, Anadolu reports.
Haq told reporters that the fighting between the Houthis and the internationally recognized Yemeni government continues to force people from their homes and place additional pressure on humanitarian operations, citing warnings from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“Our colleagues at the International Organization for Migration have reported more than 230,000 people displaced by fighting since the start of August,” said Haq.
Despite the challenges, humanitarian partners have reached more than 152,000 people with emergency assistance, he added.
“We reiterate our call on all parties to respect international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and allow safe, rapid, and unimpeded humanitarian access that includes safe passage for supplies, patients, ambulances and medical teams,” he stressed.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the national capital Sanaa, and several provinces in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
The current escalation began in July, after a period of relative calm following a UN-brokered truce that took effect in April 2022.
19 killed, 364 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports: Saudi-led coalition
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Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
16 October 2026
UN official sounds alarm about Gaza, West Bank year after ceasefire
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Relatives of the Palestinians Ahmed al-Shaer and Basil Qishta, who died as a result of the Israeli attack targeting Khan Yunis, mourn as dead bodies brought to the Nasser Hospital for burial in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine on October 15, 2026. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]
A senior UN official warned on Thursday that the situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank is dangerously fragile, saying a return to war must be avoided at all costs, Anadolu reports.
Briefing the UN Security Council on Palestine, Ramiz Alakbarov, UN acting special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 events, saying Palestinians and Israelis need a political horizon.
“Palestinians and Israelis deserve more than short-term fixes. They deserve a credible path to peace and finally an end to this conflict,” he said. “The international community must move beyond words and take concrete actions to ensure the future of security and dignity of the people. It is time to return to a genuine peace process.”
Turning to Gaza, Alakbarov noted that one year has passed since a ceasefire was completed. “While some progress has been made, the situation remains extremely fragile,” he said.
He said Israeli military operations have continued, “causing some 1,500 fatalities, including more than 320 children.”
READ: Gaza government denies imposing fees on trucks, demands entry of 600 daily
Alakbarov described families in Gaza living in worn-out tents, overcrowded displacement sites and badly damaged buildings, with water and sanitation systems devastated. “Most of Gaza still lives in darkness,” he said.
“People in Gaza must not be forced to endure another winter without safe shelter and basic services,” he stressed.
Highlighting the needs of children, he said, “Emergency assistance alone is not enough. Sustainable recovery and political progress must advance together.”
On the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Alakbarov said the situation continues to deteriorate amid Israeli military operations, movement restrictions, displacement and Palestinian attacks. He said settler violence persists at “extremely high levels,” with daily attacks on Palestinians.
Describing his assessment as “realistic,” Alakbarov said he felt compelled to raise concerns before the council.
“Today, I feel obliged to sound the alarm. In Gaza, desperation is palpable,” he said.
He warned that frustration among Gaza’s population cannot continue to build indefinitely and described the risk of a return to war as extremely high. “This must be avoided at all costs,” he said.
“The West Bank is also at a boiling point,” he added.
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Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
16 October 2026