Abdel Hammad News Today

for the new year. good evening from jerusalem. more british nationals have made it out of gaza after palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross into egypt. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, described as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. the leader of the lebanese i...

wind, lighterthan areas of scotland. a north—westerly wind, lighter than yesterday, just driving showers across northern ireland, western wales and across central southern england. there are also some sunny spells. temperatures generally between 9—14. around about the seasonal average. through this evening and overnight, that rain clears away from scotland, the winds are lighter, there will be some mist and fog developing in northern ireland. look out towards the south—west, that...

Israel has been bombing the Gaza Strip since Hamas attacked on October 7. Fighters and children have been killed in a war that has trapped the population of Gaza in a living hell.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) says it will launch a ground offensive "in the next 48 hours" as the Palestinian death toll surpassed 9,700, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.

Dr Hammad was working in Gaza on behalf of the World Health Organisation, who directed him to safety after Israel announced a complete siege of the enclave last month.

More British citizens have begun to leave the Gaza Strip, after Palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross to Egypt...

Trapped Brits feared for their lives as Israel’s bombing continued and tanks blocked the crossing into Egypt in an apparent dispute over evacuating injured patients

The NHS consultant is lucky that he got out, it’s agonising that many blameless, trapped Palestinians aren’t as fortunate, forced to stay with nowhere to go.

A British surgeon who was the first to board an evacuation flight to the UK after being stranded in Gaza has said that “it will take a lifetime to forget” the horrors of war.

Abdel Hammad had been offering medical support in Gaza when conflict erupted.