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Six people have died in an Israeli attack in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on Saturday morning. Al Jazeera reported that two families were killed in the attack on the Fahd al-Sabah school.
Israeli airstrikes attacked a Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon’s capital Beirut overnight. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has said it also struck a weapons production site and other areas used by the terror group.
Lebanon fired five rockets at Israel, leading to sirens being sounded in Western and Upper Galilee. The munitions either being intercepted or falling into open areas.
Seven people have now been killed following Israeli air strikes on the Lebanese coastal city of Tyre. Lebanon’s health ministry said the death toll had risen from three after the attack on Friday, in which 46 people were injured.
Qatar has withdrawn as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal due to refusal by both Israel and Hamas to negotiate. A diplomatic source told AFP on Saturday that both sides have been informed that the Gulf state won’t mediate “as long as there is a refusal to negotiate a deal in good faith”.
Hamas may be forced to close its offices in Qatar. The US has told the tiny Gulf state that it is no longer acceptable to allow the Islamist group to have a base there.
Dutch prosecutors expect to make more arrests in connection with the clashes involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam on Thursday night. Clashes after a Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv led to police detaining 62 people.
Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof has canceled a trip to United Nations climate talks next week to deal with the fallout. Schoof will miss the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan as investigations continue into whether warning signs were missed.
There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of the northern Gaza Strip, a committee of global food security experts has warned. Israel has denied the claim made by the independent Famine Review Committee (FRC), arguing that it has relied on unreliable data.
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There are ‘severe cases of food insecurity, illness, and thirst’ in Gaza, a partner of ActionAid has warned.
A committee of global food security experts has warned that there is a “strong likelihood” of imminent famine in areas of the northern Gaza Strip.
The independent Famine Review Committee (FRC) has said that immediate action within days is “required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict”.
Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) – a partner of ActionAid’s in Gaza – described the situation as “very critical”.
We are passing through the worst time in this war. We are suffering from severe food insecurity. The majority of the people cannot find food, whether in the market or from the small amounts of humanitarian aid which have been permitted to enter the Gaza Strip in different areas.
Supplies for the bakeries have become very limited, so some bakeries closed their doors and they cannot produce more bread. Community kitchens have stopped cooking hot meals for the families who have become dependent on them. 300,000 people are dependent on these meals. This will lead to famine and, for sure, severe food insecurity for women and children.
Israel has said these reports are overstated, with its military claiming that the FRC has relied on unreliable data.
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