Symbolic imageGaza medical evacuations stall as US plan makes no progress
Thousands of Gaza patients still await medical evacuation, with transfers running three to four times a week, the WHO said on Tuesday. Russia's UN envoy called the US peace plan stalled.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said 12,913 patients, among them 6,186 children, have left Gaza for treatment since October 2023 with about 16,000 companions; 101 patients and 164 companions went in the week of 2 to 8 August. Its hospitals lack supplies and specialised care. Gaza's Health Ministry puts the overall toll of Israeli attacks at 73,386 killed and 174,256 wounded.
Russia: ceasefire violated
Russia's envoy Vasily Nebenzya told the Security Council on Tuesday that Israel is chiefly violating the truce, citing UNICEF figures of nearly 1,300 Palestinians, some 300 of them children, killed since it took hold.
Dahlan brokered disarmament
Le Monde reports that Mohammed Dahlan, the ex-security chief exiled in the UAE, opened US contacts with Hamas in Egypt in late July and accused Israel of deceiving Trump's team after Netanyahu's rejection on Sunday, 9 August.
Abbas in Türkiye
Abbas arrived Tuesday for a three-day visit at Erdoğan's invitation to discuss Gaza and settlement expansion, while Britain's Ed Miliband pressed Israel to end aid blockages and Hamas to disarm.
Other opinions
TASS blames Israel for the violations, while the Jerusalem Post frames the day's diplomacy around Hamas disarmament, Iran and antisemitism. Only Le Monde makes Dahlan the story.