by WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB | Associated PressSmoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products.
Khan called on Israel to respect international law but stopped short of accusing it of war crimes. He called Hamas' Oct. 7 attack a serious violation of international humanitarian law. "The burden rests with those who aim the gun, missile or rocket in question," he said. The aid warehouse break-ins were "a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and a tight siege on Gaza," said Thomas White, Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA. "People are scared, frustrated and desperate."
Meanwhile, crowded hospitals in Gaza came under growing threat. Residents living near Shifa Hospital, the territory's largest, said Israeli airstrikes overnight hit near the complex where tens of thousands of civilians are sheltering. Israel accuses Hamas of having a secret command post beneath the hospital but has not provided much evidence. Hamas denies the allegations.
"Under no circumstances, hospitals should be bombed," the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, told CBS' "Face the Nation." Hamas says it is ready to release all hostages if Israel releases all of the thousands of Palestinians held in its prisons. Desperate family members met with Netanyahu on Saturday and expressed support for an exchange. Israel has dismissed the Hamas offer.
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