GAZAN CHILDREN ACUTELY MALNOURISHED
Gaza’s well being ministry stated not less than 27,947 Palestinians had been confirmed killed within the battle, 107 of them within the earlier 24 hours, and 67,459 injured.
It has stated many extra may very well be buried underneath rubble from Israeli assaults since Hamas militants killed 1,200 individuals and took 253 hostages within the Oct 7 attack, in keeping with Israeli tallies.
Virtually one in 10 of Gazans underneath 5 at the moment are acutely malnourished, in keeping with preliminary UN knowledge from arm measurements that present bodily losing.
The charity ActionAid stated some Gazans have been consuming grass.
“Each single individual in Gaza is now hungry, and other people have simply 1.5 to 2 litres of unsafe water per day to satisfy all their wants,” it stated.
Hours earlier than Netanyahu’s assertion, Israeli warplanes carried out new sorties during which Palestinian well being officers stated not less than 15 individuals had been killed, eight of them within the Rafah space.
“We have been sleeping inside and, when the strike hit, have been thrown exterior. After that, one other rocket hit,” stated Mohammed al-Nahal, an aged Palestinian standing beside the rubble of a constructing that had been hit.”It destroyed all the residence. My daughter was killed. My daughter, her husband, her son, all have been martyred.”