President Biden said that Gaza’s hospitals “must be protected,” as the enclave’s two largest hospitals — al-Shifa and al-Quds — remain surrounded by fierce fighting and only one northern Gaza hospital is able to take new patients, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Civilian buildings appear to be increasingly at the center of Israel’s military operation; Israel claims that Hamas fighters are operating out of facilities designated for humanitarian purposes, while doctors, first responders and the few aid workers still left in the area have denied giving cover to militants. In the south, the sole power generator at al-Amal Hospital has also stopped working, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.
