By Desmond Nleya
The UN’s aid chief tells the Security Council that the world is “witnessing acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes in Gaza” as Israel dismisses warnings of famine in the enclave as “dishonest” and “slanderous”.
The United States finds Israel is not impeding aid to Gaza as a 30-day deadline to boost supplies or face cuts to weapons funding expired. Aid groups, however, said Israel has worsened conditions in the enclave in the time period.
The Israeli military killed 64 people in Gaza and another 28 in Lebanon as it presses on with its campaign of relentless bombings.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,665 Palestinians and wounded 103,076 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
In Lebanon, at least 3,287 people have been killed and 14,222 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
Source: Aljazeera
