In other news on Gaza, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday over Israel’s plan to expand its military operation and to seize Gaza City and other areas. Britain, France, Greece, Denmark and Slovenia issued a joint statement saying the plan risks “violating international humanitarian law.”
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will recognize a Palestinian state next month, following similar calls by Britain, France and Canada.

This comes as health officials in Gaza say at least five more Palestinians, including a child, have starved to death over the past day, bringing the total to at least 222, including over 100 children.

On Saturday, a 15-year-old boy named Muhannad Eid was killed in Nuseirat after being hit by an aid pallet that had been dropped from the air into Gaza. This is Muhannad’s brother.

Muhannad Eid’s brother: “Despite the famine and the hard conditions that we live in, my brother went to get aid that was dropped into the sea by airplanes. A box fell on him directly, and he was martyred.”