Gaza healthcare system 'taking its last breath'

Gaza's healthcare system is "taking its last breath amid Israeli massacres" and is due to totally collapse in a matter
of hours, the Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday.

"The world will be horrified by what is about to happen in a couple hours," a spokesperson of the health ministry told Al Jazeera.

"We call on the world to take immediate action to open a safe humanitarian corridor to bring aid to hospitals," he said.

If aid and fuel don't enter in the next few hours, he added, then hospitals will collapse.

Palestinians to be buried in mass graves as bodies pile up

Palestinian authorities will begin burying victims of Israeli bombardment in mass graves because bodies are pilling up in hospitals, the Gaza-based government media office said.

The health ministry issued a warning earlier that they fear the overwhelming number of bodies and wounded people in hospitals will lead to the spread of disease.

Pope Francis: 'Humanitarian rights must be respected in Gaza'

Pope Francis said on Sunday that a humanitarian corridor should be opened to help those under siege in Gaza, and appealed for the release of Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian groups in the enclaves.

"I strongly ask that the children, the sick, the elderly, women and all civilians do not become victims of the conflict," he said during his weekly address to crowds in St Peter's Square in Vatican City.

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