V BBC Monitoring, haven'tseen elsewhere:
#Israeli media have been discussing a quid pro quo deal - in exchange for aid via #Rafah #Israel has requested #ICRC access to the #hostages

#ICRC says it is "shocked and horrified" by reports of the huge blast at the Al Ahli Arab hospital in #Gaza

"Hospitals should be sanctuaries to preserve human life, not scenes of death and destruction," says ICRC.
"No patient should be killed in a hospital bed. No doctors should lose their lives while trying to save patients."

#Hamas have blamed an #Israeli air strike.

But Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The conditions in #Gaza are "fast becoming untenable," #UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said. "I fear that the worst is yet to come Humanity is failing."

So far at least five planes carrying humanitarian relief have arrived in Egypt's Sinai, Red Cross #ICRC officials said.

The #WHO said a plane carrying trauma medicines and health supplies had also landed.

Al Arish airport on #Sinai is about 45 km from the Gaza border, but the #Rafah crossing with #Egypt remains closed.
#Israel #hamas

The #ICRC has condemned the #hostage taking during the attacks on #Israel by #Hamas , saying "our hearts go out" to those who have lost family members or are worried about loved ones.

"We reiterate our call for their immediate release and stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits," the #RedCross said.

Their quote regarding the evacuation orders:

"The instructions issued by the Israeli authorities for the population of #Gaza City are not compatible with international humanitarian law"

Hospitals in Gaza risk turning into morgues as they lose power, the Red Cross ( #ICRC ) has warned.
"The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians," the ICRC's regional director for the Near and Middle East, Fabrizio Carboni, says