Evening Update: Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals strand critical patients, medics

News Snapshot:

Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: No Canadians appear on a published list of people allowed to cross today from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, although Global Affairs Canada says it remains in contact with more than 200 Canadians, permanent residents and their eligible family members in the embattled territory. Yesterday, 234 Canadians travelled into Egypt as the Rafah crossing reopened after a two-day closing. It was the largest number to leave the territory since Israel declared war after Hamas’s initial attack. The war, now in its sixth week, began on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants stormed into...