Gaza hospital crisis deepens amid siege
Trump and Netanyahu unveil contested peace plan for Gaza
A video from Al‑Helo Hospital in Gaza City shows rooms and beds littered with debris. Palestinian health officials say Israeli tanks have surrounded the facility, where at least 12 infants lie in incubators, and medics report the site was shelled. UNICEF’s Ricardo Pires urged an immediate evacuation of the 25 ill or premature babies, noting that Gaza City has become a combat zone with no safe destination for them. Israeli authorities have not commented.
"It is time to move them because Gaza City again has become a combat zone, but moving them where? There is no safe place for them to go," UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires said.
Israeli authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The World Health Organization reports that four Gaza‑City health facilities have closed this month.
In parallel, former U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a 20‑point plan to end the Gaza war, presented with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a White House meeting. The proposal calls for an immediate ceasefire, a partial Israeli withdrawal, and the release of all hostages within 72 hours in exchange for the release of roughly 1,950 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of deceased Palestinians. It demands Gaza’s demilitarization, the dismantling of Hamas’s military infrastructure, and excludes Hamas from any governing role. A technocratic transitional authority would run Gaza under an international “Board of Peace” chaired by Trump, while the United Nations would oversee reconstruction and humanitarian aid, linked to international investment. Full Israeli withdrawal would occur in phases contingent on security guarantees. The plan leaves open future Palestinian statehood but ties it to reforms and strict governance conditions. Netanyahu endorsed the framework; Hamas did not participate and has not accepted it. International reactions are mixed, with some Arab states cautiously welcoming the proposal and others rejecting it over concerns about sovereignty and legitimacy. Critics question the feasibility of enforcing demilitarization, securing cooperation from Gaza residents, and ensuring Hamas’s compliance, but Trump promotes the plan as the most viable path to ending the conflict and establishing a “New Gaza.”
