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Smoke rises over the town of Kfar Shouba in the Nabatieh Governorate of southern Lebanon following an incursion and subsequent withdrawal by Israeli forces, on September 10, 2026. [Ramiz Dallah – Anadolu Agency
Israeli warplanes launched fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday amid ongoing violations of a US-mediated framework agreement, state news agency NNA reported.
Two airstrikes hit the Old Square neighborhood in the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
A third strike targeted an ambulance team as it was heading to the site of the attacks in the town.
Information on injuries was not immediately available.
The strikes came despite the US-sponsored framework agreement signed on June 26, which provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army.
Israel has carried out attacks on Lebanon since early March, killing nearly 4,400 people and injuring over 12,300 others, while displacing more than 1 million people, according to Lebanese authorities.
Israel continues to occupy areas of southern Lebanon, including territory it has held for decades and other areas occupied during the 2023-2024 conflict, while its forces have advanced more than 10 kilometers into Lebanese territory during the current conflict.
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Orcas discuss Donald Trump and the killer apes’ concept of democracy. Front Orca warns that Trump is crashing his country’s economy and that everything he does he does for the fantastically wealthy.
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Go to any hospital and there are signs and posters everywhere “NHS staff will not tolerate abuse”. They can’t half give it out though. NHS staff won’t tolerate abuse … but they’ll abuse you as much as you like and expect you to be grateful for it.
The NHS is not wonderful in everything they do despite expecting you to sing their praises at every opportunity. Sometimes they’re totally carp just like the rest of us really I suppose. They expect you to take their abuse and be grateful for it. Cnuts, maybe on a different scale but cnuts the same.
ed: Very recently I’ve learned that you can’t say Can you do this dressing again because it’s carp, not doing what it’s supposed to and I’ve got to keep it on for 3 weeks not the 1 week the guy who did it said? you can’t say that because that’s criticising a collegue of theirs – that he did a crap dressing.
You can’t say I object to the guy lying to me. He told me it was a bone in my thumb not a bone in my wrist. I’ve got a Masters Degree FFS, brain the size of a planet. Why are you treating me like a child? Hiding the truth from me? I didn’t get to say that actually.
So what happens is they just sit you down waiting for absolutely as long as they can. I decided at 90 minutes that I’d had enough. I’ve had it before, they waste as much of your time as they possibly can. Can’t see how this abuse sits with their Safeguarding Duty actually, perhaps they just conveniently ignore that.
Looks like I’ve done it now. NHS cnuts, I withdraw consent. I refuse to be abused by you.
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A view of the area following an Israeli airstrike targeting the medicine warehouse at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and the surrounding tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Palestine on August 01, 2026. [Moiz Salhi – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli fighter jets struck medical warehouses near a hospital in the central Gaza Strip early Saturday, destroying at least half of the facilities and extensively damaging nearby tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, witnesses said.
Witnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli army targeted the warehouses next to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, completely destroying two of them and the critical medical supplies within and setting fire to dozens of tents erected nearby.
The attack caused fear and panic among patients, displaced people, and residents in the vicinity of the hospital, they added.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
According to the witnesses, the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for the area only minutes before the strike.
The Gaza Health Ministry condemned what it called a “direct and systematic” Israeli attack on the warehouses, adding: “The destructive force of the missiles used completely erased two of the four warehouses at the targeted site and caused extensive damage to the other two.”
The strike also severely damaged the hospital’s adjacent outpatient clinic building and destroyed vital quantities of medical consumables and supplies directly linked to saving patients’ lives, it added in a statement.
According to the ministry, the early morning attack caused widespread panic among patients, their companions, and medical personnel.
It accused Israel of continuing to destroy what remains of Gaza’s health system while restricting the entry of medicines and medical supplies and preventing thousands of patients and injured people from traveling abroad for treatment.
The ministry called on the international community and UN, human rights, and humanitarian groups to intervene immediately, halt Israeli attacks, and protect medical facilities and personnel.
– Hospital services under threat
Hospital spokesperson Khalil al-Daqran told Anadolu that the attack destroyed a warehouse containing medicines and medical consumables belonging to the hospital.
“The bombing caused the loss of quantities of intravenous solutions, medicines, and supplies used in vital departments, including dialysis and intensive care,” he said.
Al-Daqran warned that the destruction would have serious consequences for health services, particularly amid severe shortages of medicines and medical consumables.
The attack damaged the hospital wall and surrounding buildings and left a crater more than 20 meters (65 feet) deep, he added.
The warehouse was a temporary structure built from metal sheets because construction materials were unavailable due to Israel’s blockade and restrictions on their entry into Gaza, according to the spokesperson.
While no financial estimate of the losses was immediately available, al-Daqran said all the medicines and medical supplies stored inside the warehouse had been destroyed.
He described the attack as part of a “policy targeting the health system in the Gaza Strip” and warned that the loss of the supplies threatened patients’ lives.
“Targeting health facilities contravenes the rules of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, which stipulate the protection of medical facilities during conflicts,” he said.
Around 50% of Gaza’s health sector operating capacity has been put out of service due to the destruction of facilities and persistent shortages of medicines and medical supplies, al-Daqran added.
Umm Mohammed Wadi, a displaced woman who has lived in a camp beside the hospital since the war began, said residents were asleep when they heard calls ordering them to evacuate immediately.
“I started screaming to wake people up after hearing the warning. We rushed out carrying our children, and only minutes later the strike occurred and the tents were completely destroyed,” she told Anadolu while looking at what remains of her tent.
“Only medicines buried beneath the rubble remain, while medical supplies were scattered across the area by the force of the explosion,” she said.
Wadi said children in the camp live in constant fear and wake at night to the sound of attacks and evacuation warnings, while older people and patients struggle to flee.
“This is the 13th time my children and I have survived since the war began. Every time, we lose our tents and start again,” she added.
The displaced residents remained outdoors until dawn after evacuating the camp, uncertain where they could go, she said.
“All we want is to live safely like the rest of the world’s people,” Wadi said. “Where should we go? There is no ceasefire. Every day, young people are killed, and children, women and older people die.”
– Up to 60 tents destroyed
Another displaced resident, Abu Ayman, said neighbors woke the camp’s residents just minutes before the airstrike, allowing them precious little time to flee before the attacks.
“When we returned, we found dozens of tents leveled,” he told Anadolu. “Around 1,000 displaced people lived here, and 50 to 60 tents were completely destroyed.”
He described the destruction as “unprecedented,” saying the crater left by the explosion demonstrated the force of the attack.
Abdulsalam Hamdan, another displaced Palestinian, said his family left its tent after hearing the evacuation warnings and sought shelter inside the nearby hospital.
“When we returned, we found nothing. Our bedding and belongings were under the rubble,” he said.
“Everything you see here is medical equipment and medicine, yet the entire place was destroyed.”
-Healthcare system suffering under blockade, severe shortages
The attack came as Gaza’s health sector continues to face an Israeli blockade and severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies. Tight restrictions on their entry have further undermined hospitals’ ability to meet the needs of patients and the wounded.
US President Donald Trump announced early Friday that an agreement had been reached for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, with Israeli forces set to withdraw in phases as the process advances.
Despite a ceasefire that took effect last October, Israel has continued daily attacks across Gaza, killing 1,209 Palestinians and injuring 3,943 others, most of them women and children, while causing widespread destruction.
With US support, Israel launched a genocide in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023, killing more than 73,000 Palestinians and injuring over 174,000, most of them women and children, while destroying about 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure.
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
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.Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
The emergency department at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Smethwick, January 8, 2025
Royal College of Emergency Medicine says advertisement is ‘normalising’ patients being treated in the corridors
A LONDON hospital has advertising for “corridor care” nurses because so many A&E patients are being cared for while waiting for beds or treatment.
The 12-hour shifts were advertised by Whittington hospital in north London.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the advertisement indicated the “normalising” of patients being treated in the corridors of hospital A&E departments.
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Retired paediatrician Dr John Puntis, co-chair of campaign group Keep Our NHS Public, said: “There can be no bleaker illustration of the current state of the NHS than ‘care’ delivered in corridors.
“Winter pressures on an already overstretched service were entirely predictable.
“Six months in power and Labour has done nothing pro-active to alleviate this situation.”
He accused the government of instead “throwing money at the private sector.”
A view of destruction following the Israeli attack on the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital and its surrounding buildings in Beit Lahia, Gaza on December 25, 2024. (Photo: Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The hospital’s director was detained by Israeli forces and his whereabouts are unknown.
The World Health Organization on Saturday demanded the protection of healthcare facilities in Gaza as it announced that Friday’s Israeli raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza put the facility entirely out of service—leaving the besieged region without any major health centers in operation.
WHO said parts of the hospital were badly burned and damaged, including a laboratory and surgical units.
On Saturday, 12 patients and a healthcare worker were reportedly forced to evacuate to Indonesian Hospital, which is not functioning, and “some people were reportedly stripped and forced to walk toward southern Gaza,” said WHO.
Fifteen patients who had been in critical care were forced to transfer to Indonesian Hospital on Friday, leaving medical experts concerned about their health conditions at the damaged facility.
“The movement and treatment of these critical patients under such conditions pose grave risks to their survival,” said the agency. “WHO is deeply concerned for their wellbeing, as well as for the Kamal Adwan Hospital director who has been reportedly detained during the raid. WHO lost contact with him since the raid began.”
Gaza health officials said Saturday that Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, had been taken by Israeli forces to “a detention center for interrogation” along with dozens of other hospital staff.
“With Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals entirely out of service, and Al-Awda Hospital barely able to function, and severely damaged due to recent airstrikes, the healthcare lifeline for those in North Gaza is reaching a breaking point.”
Israelraided Kamal Adwan claiming that the hospital served as a “Hamas terrorist stronghold,” but did not provide evidence for the allegation. Health authorities in Gaza strenuously denied the claim.
The U.S.-backed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Saturday that Abu Safia was among those who had been detained but did not say where he’d been taken.
“With Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals entirely out of service, and Al-Awda Hospital barely able to function, and severely damaged due to recent airstrikes, the healthcare lifeline for those in North Gaza is reaching a breaking point,” said WHO. “WHO calls for urgently ensuring that hospitals in North Gaza can be supported to become functional again. Hospitals have once again become battlegrounds, reminiscent of the destruction of the health system in Gaza City earlier this year.”
The Council on American Islamic Relations called on the Biden administration to demand the release of Abu Safia, who was reportedly beaten before he was detained.
“Israel’s ongoing genocidal assault on medical personnel, patients, and hospitals must be condemned by all people of conscience who value international laws and norms,” said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the group. “The Biden administration, which is complicit with Israel’s genocide, must call for an end to Israeli attacks on medical facilities throughout Gaza and must demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.”
