By Staff Reporter
The UN’s humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of Palestinians remain trapped in eastern Khan Younis “amid intense hostilities” and rescue teams are “unable to reach them due to the denial of access by the Israeli military”.
Amid starvation and fears of spreading disease, the average daily volume of humanitarian aid cargo entering the Gaza Strip has decreased by 56 percent since April, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
People have been trapped in Khan Younis for almost a week without food, water or a way to get out as new Israeli air strikes killed 18 in the city, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports.
Egyptian, Qatari and United States mediators are expected to meet Israeli negotiators in the Italian capital Rome on Sunday in the latest push for a ceasefire in Gaza, US and Egyptian state-linked media report.
At least 39,175 people have been killed and 90,403 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
Source: Aljezeera
