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Israel encircles 2 of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, groups say
Israel’s military encircled two of the last functioning hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, staff and aid groups say, as the World Health Organization is warning that the activity is «stretching the health system beyond the breaking point.»
The development comes as an Israeli military spokesperson said Wednesday that «We are entering a new phase, different in size and strength, to achieve the war’s objectives of returning the kidnapped soldiers and defeating the terrorist [group] Hamas.
«Forces from the 401st Brigade and the Givati Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, began operating in the northern Gaza Strip, where they identified and destroyed suspicious buildings in the area and eliminated dozens of Hamas terrorists,» IDF Col. Avichay Adraee wrote on X.
The Indonesian hospital and al-Awda hospital are among northern Gaza’s only surviving medical centers, according to the Associated Press.
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A military vehicle drives from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border into Gaza on Tuesday, May 20. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
Israeli authorities issued evacuation orders Friday for large parts of northern Gaza ahead of military activity intended to pressure Hamas to release more hostages.
Both hospitals as well as another and three primary health care centers are within the evacuation zone, though Israel has not ordered the evacuation of the facilities themselves. Another two hospitals and four primary care centers are within 1,000 yards of the zone, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization.
Israeli military operations and evacuation orders «are stretching the health system beyond the breaking point,» he said.
Israeli drones have been hovering around the Indonesian hospital since Sunday, an aid group that supports the hospital told the AP.
The Israeli military said its forces were operating around the hospital and targeting Hamas infrastructure but that troops had not entered the facility and ambulances were allowed to move.
However, Israeli bulldozers demolished a perimeter wall of the hospital, according to the aid group MERC-Indonesia and a hospital staff member who had since evacuated. Then on Tuesday, airstrikes reportedly targeted the hospital’s generators, sparking a fire and damaging its main power supply.
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Palestinians line up to get donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, May 19. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
At least one staff member was killed, according to WHO, which said those who remained in the hospital were in urgent need of water and food. The U.N. said it was working to transfer remaining patients to other facilities.
Nearly a half a mile away, Israeli drones fired Monday into the al-Awda hospital courtyard, preventing movement, Rami Shurafi, a board member of that hospital, told the AP.
On Tuesday, Israeli drones fired at two ambulances that transferred three patients to Gaza City as the crews tried to return to the hospital, spokesperson Khaled Alhelo reportedly added.
«Anyone moving in the hospital is fired at. They are all keeping low inside the hospital,» he said.
About 47 patients, including nearly 20 children and several pregnant women, and some 140 doctors and medical staff members are still at the hospital, according to Shurafi.
Israel has also begun allowing a trickle of food and medicine into the Gaza Strip after sealing the territory’s 2 million Palestinians off from all imports for more than 2 1/2 months.
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip makes its way to the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel on Tuesday, May 20. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
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A few dozen trucks have entered since Monday, but none of the aid has been distributed because of delays caused by Israeli military procedures, the U.N. said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Federal judge partially blocks law banning adults from helping minors get out-of-state abortions
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A federal judge has blocked a portion of a Tennessee law that made it a crime for adults to help minors obtain out-of-state abortions without parental consent.
Known for prohibiting «abortion trafficking of a minor,» the law, enacted in 2024 by Republican Gov. Bill Lee, with support from the GOP-controlled legislature, criminalizes certain behavior toward pregnant, unemancipated minors by adults who are not their parents or legal guardians who help them receive abortions – even if the abortion is legal in another state.
U.S. Circuit Judge Julia Gibbons, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, took issue with the law’s «recruitment provision,» which criminalizes giving information to minors about how to receive an abortion out of state or helping minors make travel plans. In a summary judgment Friday, Gibbons agreed the provision violates the First Amendment because it «prohibits speech encouraging lawful abortion while allowing speech discouraging lawful abortion.»
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti leaves a press conference discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender transition treatments for minors in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (The Tennessean )
«That is impermissible viewpoint discrimination, which the First Amendment rarely tolerates – and does not tolerate here,» Gibbons, who sits on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote.
Gibbons permanently blocked enforcement of the provision banning encouraging a minor to seek a legal out-of-state abortion.
«The recruitment provision targets speech because of its message – that abortion is safe, common and normal – and available in certain states – and is presumptively unconstitutional,» the judge added.
Gibbons noted that she was brought in to hear this lower court case after four judges from the Middle District of Tennessee recused themselves. If Tennessee appeals the decision, the case will advance to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The Tennessee attorney general has already appealed a November decision by U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger that temporarily blocked the recruitment provision. That appeal remains pending in the Sixth Circuit Court.
The case was brought by Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn, who is a licensed social worker, and Rachel Welty, a Nashville attorney and pro-abortion advocate.
«Because plaintiffs wish to speak about legal abortions and seek to help minors obtain legal, out-of-state abortions, their intended speech is protected under the First Amendment,» Gibbons wrote.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the anti-abortion trafficking law last year. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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In response to the decision, Welty and Behn’s lead counsel, Daniel A. Horwitz, said Gibbons’ «thoughtful and well-reasoned opinion protects the right of all Tennesseans to share truthful information about abortion without fear that crusading prosecutors will try to punish them criminally for doing so.»
«It also affirms that the government has no authority to enact overbroad laws that criminalize pure speech based on the government’s disagreement with a speaker’s point of view,» he added in a statement. «This is a major victory for Ms. Welty, Representative Behn, and all Tennesseans who believe that the government has no right to prosecute citizens for sharing truthful information.»
In the final decision, Gibbons, however, rejected the plaintiffs’ claims that the law is too vague to be constitutional under the Due Process Clause. The judge sided with the state on that matter, saying the law is sufficiently specific in what behavior is forbidden. Gibbons did not block portions of the law criminalizing physically transporting minors across state lines to receive an abortion or harboring a minor for the purpose of helping them receive an abortion.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, left, with Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, look on during a press conference discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision which upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender transition treatments for minors at the state capitol on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (The Tennessean )
«The court grants summary judgment for the plaintiffs on their free speech claims and enjoins enforcement of the recruiting prong of the statute,» Gibbons wrote. «The statute is not, however, void for vagueness. The court therefore grants summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff’s vagueness claim.»
The law does not apply to the minor’s parent or legal guardian, licensed media providers acting in emergency situations, or law enforcement acting within official duties.
Violations constitute a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by up to 11 months and 29 days in jail or a fine of up to $2,500. The statute provides that violators «may be held liable in a civil action for the wrongful death of an unborn child who was aborted.»
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After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Tennessee enforced a «trigger law,» effectively banning abortions in most cases, with limited exceptions.
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A Delta Air Lines passenger jet aborted takeoff this week in Mexico City after its flight crew observed another plane landing in front of it on the same runway.
The incident Monday involving Delta Flight 590 happened just days after a pilot of a SkyWest Airlines flight operated by Delta Air Lines was forced to perform an «aggressive maneuver» to avoid a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. Another Delta flight also experienced an apparent engine fire shortly after departing from Los Angeles last week, forcing it to turn around.
«Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated,» a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital regarding the Mexico City incident. «We appreciate the flight crew’s actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta’s extensive training.»
The spokesperson said the Boeing 737-800 plane, carrying 144 passengers, two pilots and four flight attendants, was initiating its takeoff process for Atlanta Monday morning when the flight crew spotted another plane landing in front of them. That plane was identified in media reports as an Embraer E190 operated by Aeromexico.
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A Delta Air Lines airplane is seen at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico, on Jan. 19, 2023. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
The flight crew safely stopped the takeoff and returned to a gate at the airport, according to the spokesperson.
Then after taking on additional fuel and consulting with Delta safety and flight operations officials, the plane left Mexico City for Georgia about three hours later.
The Delta spokesperson also said the airline filed reports with aviation authorities in Mexico as well as the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
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A Delta plane approaches for landing at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City on July 22, 2025. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)
Officials said Delta Flight 590 and Aeromexico Flight 1631 were just 200 feet apart at the time of the incident, with the Delta aircraft only reaching speeds of about 60 mph before braking, according to WSB-TV.
Aeromexico did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday from Fox News Digital.
Video shows flames shooting from a Delta Air Lines plane as it departed Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, July 18. (LA Flights)
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«We are working closely with the corresponding authorities to conduct a detailed investigation,» a spokesperson told Simple Flying. «At Aeromexico, the safety of our customers and employees is, and will always be, our highest priority.»
Dormir entre siete y nueve horas diarias se considera la recomendación básica para garantizar el buen funcionamiento físico y mental. Sin embargo, según reportó Knowable Magazine, existe un grupo minoritario de personas que apenas requieren cuatro o seis horas de sueño cada noche y no muestran consecuencias negativas para su salud. Estos individuos, denominados “natural short sleepers” (dormidores cortos naturales) , desafían la visión tradicional sobre la cantidad de descanso que necesita la mayoría de la población.
La comunidad científica, liderada por el neurólogo Louis Ptáček y la genetista Ying-Hui Fu, ambos de la Universidad de California, San Francisco, ha identificado que la razón de este fenómeno radica en la genética.
Los estudios de estos investigadores permitieron detectar varios genes asociados al sueño corto y eficiente, entre los que destacan DEC2, ADRB1, NPSR1 y GRM1. Las personas portadoras de ciertas mutaciones en estos genes parecen tener un sueño más eficiente, procesando en menos horas lo que a otros les lleva casi el doble de tiempo.
A diferencia de quienes sufren privación crónica de sueño, los short sleepers no experimentan afectaciones cognitivas, metabólicas ni inmunológicas, de acuerdo con los resultados recogidos por Knowable Magazine. Resisten el estrés, muestran una alta capacidad de recuperación y, en algunos casos, suelen ser personas energéticas, optimistas y posiblemente con una mayor longevidad, como sugiere la literatura científica reciente.
Este fenómeno contradice el modelo propuesto por Alexander Borbély en los años 70, que plantea la alternancia entre ritmo circadiano y presión homeostática de sueño. La existencia de este grupo evidencia que aún quedan aspectos por descubrir sobre la función y regulación del sueño.
El neurólogo Louis Ptáček destaca que, a pesar de dedicar un tercio de la vida a dormir, la naturaleza y el propósito real del sueño continúan siendo un enigma.
El sueño se comprende hoy como un fenómeno dinámico esencial para el cerebro y el cuerpo, que permite reponer energía, eliminar residuos y consolidar recuerdos. La privación crónica se asocia a deficiencias de memoria, trastornos metabólicos, enfermedades cardíacas y fragilidad inmune. La reducción de las horas de descanso, incentivada con la aparición de la bombilla eléctrica, es particularmente notable en Estados Unidos, donde aumenta la cantidad de personas que duermen menos de cinco horas diarias.
Los avances en genética han permitido localizar variantes asociadas a este patrón. La mutación DEC2 fue la primera identificada, tras estudiar a una familia cuyos miembros despertaban temprano y se sentían completamente recuperados tras solo seis horas de descanso. En modelos animales, esta mutación generó una menor necesidad de sueño y mayor producción de orexina, hormona que promueve la vigilia.
Actualmente, se han identificado siete genes relacionados con el sueño corto natural. La mutación ADRB1 incrementa la facilidad para despertar y prolongar la vigilia; otra variante en el NPSR1 posibilita dormir poco sin deterioro cognitivo relevante; también se hallaron alteraciones en GRM1 relacionadas con una gestión más eficiente del sueño.
Las personas que duermen poco y se mantienen sanas parecen inmunes a las consecuencias negativas del insomnio clásico y además muestran una conducta ambiciosa, resiliente y tolerante al dolor. Algunas investigaciones citadas por Smithsonian Magazine consideran incluso que podrían disfrutar de una esperanza de vida mayor que el promedio.
Frente a estos hallazgos, científicos como Ptáček proponen incluir un tercer elemento al modelo tradicional del sueño: el impulso conductual. Este impulso explicaría cómo ciertos individuos superan las barreras biológicas y cumplen con sus tareas pese a dormir menos. Otra hipótesis apunta a que sus cerebros terminan los procesos de recuperación y limpieza con mayor eficiencia en menor tiempo.
El trabajo de Phyllis Zee, directora del Centro de Medicina Circadiana y del Sueño en la Universidad Northwestern, se centra en la calidad del descanso. Investiga si los dormidores cortos concentran fases más reparadoras y aceleran la eliminación de residuos cerebrales. En línea con esta visión, Fu comenta: “Sea lo que sea que su cuerpo necesita hacer durante el sueño, pueden hacerlo en poco tiempo”.
El equipo de Fu halló que los genes del sueño corto natural mejoran la capacidad para eliminar sustancias tóxicas vinculadas al deterioro cerebral.
Aunque se han detectado mutaciones que brindan resistencia a los efectos adversos de dormir poco, persiste la incógnita sobre el modo exacto en que alteran la eficiencia del sueño. Para encontrar respuestas, Fu y Ptáček examinan la actividad cerebral de los dormidores cortos, aunque la pandemia de Covid-19 ralentizó el progreso de sus estudios.
Existen también mutaciones que provocan un requerimiento superior de horas de sueño. Sin embargo, estas personas enfrentan obstáculos sociales, pues los horarios laborales y educativos suelen oponerse a sus ritmos biológicos, lo que aumenta el riesgo de privación y problemas de salud mental.
Aunque la genética es decisiva, el entorno también influye en cuántas horas necesita dormir una persona. Investigar los mecanismos de eficiencia abre la puerta a nuevas estrategias para proteger la salud general. Por ejemplo, en el laboratorio de Zee se empleó ruido rosa para estimular la memoria sin modificar la duración del sueño, logrando mejoras cognitivas en los participantes.
Los especialistas recalcan que cada individuo debe adaptar sus hábitos de descanso a sus propias necesidades. Ptáček rechaza los estándares rígidos y compara la recomendación universal de ocho horas con suponer que toda la población debe tener una sola altura.
Dormir bien no tiene una fórmula única: la genética y la eficiencia pueden marcar la diferencia.
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