In Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry reports Israeli strikes have killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 180 others in the past 24 hours. Among the dead is a child who was killed when a massive Israeli airstrike tore through a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, an area in southern Gaza designated by the Israeli army as a so-called safe humanitarian zone. This comes as the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has again warned famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza. On Tuesday, top U.N. humanitarian official Joyce Msuya told the Security Council that Israel has committed grave international crimes by blocking aid to Palestinians. She added, “The daily cruelty we see in Gaza seems to have no limits.” 

Joyce Msuya: “Most of Gaza is now a wasteland of rubble. What distinction was made and what precautions were taken, if more than 70% of civilian housing is either damaged or destroyed? Essential commercial goods and services, including electricity, have been all but cut off. This has led to increasing hunger, starvation, and now, as we have heard, potentially famine. We are witnessing acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes.”