The Israeli siege is straining hospitals and water supply.
The country’s water ministry said water had been restored at one “specific point” in Gaza, but aid workers said they had not yet seen evidence the water was back. | Omar Aziz/APRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza on Monday, as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded for water, food and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian territory sealed off by Israel after last week’s rampage by Hamas was near total collapse.
Speaking to the Israeli Knesset, Netanyahu warned Iran and Hezbollah, “Don’t test us in the north. Don’t make the mistake of the past. Today, the price you will pay will be far heavier,” referring to Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah, which operates out of Lebanon. “There will be time for investigation — now is a time for war,” he wrote in a letter to Shin Bet workers and their families.
Hospitals are expected to run out of generator fuel in the next 24 hours, meaning life-saving equipment like incubators and ventilators will stop functioning, the U.N. said. Thousands of patients’ lives were at risk, the U.N. said. Hamas urged people to ignore the evacuation order. The Israeli military on Sunday released photos it said showed a Hamas roadblock preventing traffic from moving south.
On the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, crowds of Palestinians with dual citizenship waited anxiously, sitting on suitcases or crouched on the floor, some comforting crying infants.
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