Gaza’s Health Ministry

Heavy rain and flooding over the weekend have damaged roughly 40,000 family shelters in Gaza, according to UNRWA, and about 200,000 people are affected. A sand embankment collapsed onto tents, killing a woman and three children, local health authorities and RTÉ News report. The UN says some 150,000 tents remain outside Gaza and has urged Israel to let them in; Israel maintains that Hamas has been diverting aid. UN agencies warn of further flooding and contaminated water in coming weeks.

An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, early on 12 Nov, killing six people, including general surgeon Rizk Abu Shaira, and wounding at least 27 others, according to the World Health Organization and Gaza's Health Ministry. The strike damaged the surgical department, operating theatres and intensive care unit. The Israeli military says it targeted Muhammad Abu Ismail, commander of Hamas's Khan Younis brigade, and other militants inside the hospital; it did not confirm whether Abu Ismail died. Hamas denies using hospitals for military purposes. Gaza's civil defence reported 11 deaths across Gaza on Thursday, including the six at the hospital.

Tens of thousands marched through Amsterdam on Sunday 8 Nov in the Red Line protest, pressing the Dutch government for tighter trade sanctions on Israel, a halt to arms sales and an official genocide finding over Gaza. Amnesty International Netherlands put attendance above 200,000, while police described the march as largely peaceful. Streets around the Van Gogh Museum were closed to traffic. Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who attended an earlier Red Line march, did not join this one. Israel rejects the genocide accusation and has revoked Dutch diplomats' accreditation.

A UN commission of inquiry says Israel has continued genocidal acts in Gaza after the October 2025 ceasefire, and that the situation in the West Bank has worsened. Israel's Geneva mission calls the report a misinformation campaign. The Palestinian health ministry reports 74,561 deaths in Gaza since October 2023, including 1,565 since the ceasefire took effect. It also says Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians over the past two days, including a six-year-old girl. The report covers events from 7 October 2023 to September 2026.