Only about a third of hospice funding comes from the NHS – the rest has to be raised from donations, fundraising and charity shops.
The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked what it claims are Hamas command-and-control centres based in hospitals or gunmen sheltering there. Hamas denies using hospitals in this way.The UN's human rights office has condemned what
on and near hospitals in Gaza", saying they could amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity.The Israel-Gaza war is the deadliest conflict for journalists in history, according to Brown University's Watson Institute for Public Affairs, with more than 232 journalists killed in Gaza since the 7 October attacks.The aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières said on X that the strike on Nasser hospital killed one other person and injured a further 12, and called for a halt to the targeting of medical facilities.
The attack was "horrific", said emergency coordinator Clare Manera, adding that it came at a time when healthcare workers in the strip were "struggling to treat patients with little to no supplies".Mark Carney will return to the Canadian parliament with a strengthened mandate, after his Liberal Party triumphed in a snap election that he called soon after becoming prime minister.
Although one of his most pressing tasks is to deal with his US counterpart President Donald Trump - who has targeted Canada with trade tariffs and even vowed to make the country the 51st state of America - Carney has also promised action on a range of domestic issues.
In his victory speech in the early hours of Tuesday, Carney pledged to "build, baby, build" - an apparent nod to Trump's pledges on oil drilling.Brickwork had been damaged, windows were smashed and paint was thrown across the room.
"Every window frame and window in the building has been smashed. That’s really the biggest damage," said volunteer Doug Stoddart."The door hadn’t been broken into, they’d smashed brickwork to get into the bottom of it and access upstairs."
British Transport Police said investigations were ongoing.Network Rail has been contacted for comment.