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- Only a “handful” of aid convoys have been allowed into Gaza and the situation for besieged and bombed Palestinians is spiraling out of control, says Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN’s Palestine refugees agency. “Gaza is being strangled.”
- Hamas claims responsibility for rocket attack that hit Tel Aviv building, wounding three people.
- Gaza’s health ministry has published the names of thousands of Palestinians killed in the Israeli attacks, saying “behind every number is a story of a person”, after US President Joe Biden questioned the reliability of its death toll.
- At least 7,326 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7, as Israel promises to continue raids into Palestinian territories. More than 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas attack on Israel.
Spain to hold Middle East peace conference: Sanchez
The Council of the European Union has accepted Spain’s proposal to hold a peace conference in about six months on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, according to Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Madrid currently holds the EU Council’s rotating presidency, overseeing the 27-member bloc’s legislature until the end of the year.
WATCH: Is anywhere in Gaza safe from Israeli attacks?
Since October 7, 30 journalists have been killed, the majority Palestinian.
Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief is mourning the death of his wife, daughter, son and grandson who were killed in an Israeli attack after moving to the south – as the 犀利士 za-death-sentence-for-patients-who-says”>Israel military ordered.
Al Jazeera’s Inside Story investigates whether anywhere is safe and speaks to:
- Jodie Ginsberg, president of the Committee to Protect Journalists
- Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative
- Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur
Nine trucks carrying ‘141 metric tonnes’ of food crossed into Gaza: WFP
The World Food Programme says nine trucks carrying 141 metric tonnes of food supplies crossed into Gaza since the Rafah crossing opened on Saturday.
But to ramp up its operation in the next two months and reach 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip, 40 trucks need to enter the besieged enclave daily.
“For every person that received WFP food assistance, at least six more are in need,” the aid agency says.
About 40 food trucks are ready at the Egyptian border with Gaza with more than 930 tonnes of food stockpiled, including “canned fish and food parcels containing pasta, wheat flour, canned tomato paste, [and] canned beans”.
The aid agency pointed out that before the conflict began on October 7, “nearly one-third of [the] population of Palestine – 33.6 percent, or 1.84 million people – were food insecure”.
