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Monday briefing: The truth about claims people ‘use’ their mental health to avoid work

In today’s newsletter: Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride claims 94% of those going to the doctors feeling ‘bluesy’ will be signed off work. What’s the evidence for this claim?

The Guardian - UK

Fears grow that Gaza could become ‘Mogadishu on the Mediterranean’

Aid officials and people in territory describe erosion of civil order and gangs filling power vacuum after months of war

The Guardian - UK

Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency

Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous

The Guardian - UK

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Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Cameron faces calls to restore funding to UNRWA to help ease suffering in Gaza

A cross-party letter sent to Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron called for the UK to resume funding without delay.

Evening Standard

‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid

Armed gangs take food and water from desperate locals, as critics say airdrops are dangerous and merely designed to divert public anger

The Guardian - UK

Famine is now probably present in Gaza, US says

State department assessment comes after world’s top court ordered Israel to admit food aid into territory

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Middle East crisis: Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah deputy commander – as it happened

IDF says Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missiles unit, was killed in airstrike in Lebanon

The Guardian - AU

Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada

Move comes after meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.

Al Jazeera

Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show

Exclusive: Dfat official said there was ‘precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid agency hours before pause announced

The Guardian - AU

The politics of humanitarian aid

Using humanitarian aid for political ends in conflicts is as old as diplomacy itself

The Hindu

Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest

Rightwing activists demonstrate outside Unrwa office for third week over claims of links between staff members and Hamas

The Guardian - UK

MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to Israel

Ministers under growing pressure to act amid signs Israel intends to ignore UN ceasefire resolution

The Guardian - UK

Biden administration’s Gaza strategy panned as ‘mess’ amid clashing goals

Strain of aiming to influence Israel’s actions without leverage and also avoiding starvation is showing, say analysts

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International Business Times

UN Palestinian Agency Chief Says Funding Secured Until End Of May

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has enough funds to keep operating until at least the end of May, its chief told Swiss media on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Israel’s attempt to destroy Unrwa is part of its starvation strategy in Gaza

This attack could not come at a worse time for Palestinians. Hunger is widespread in Gaza, and famine is projected in the north by May

The Guardian - AU

Middle East crisis: Israel recalls ceasefire negotiators from Qatar, claiming Hamas ‘not interested’ in talks – as it happened

Netanyahu’s office said ‘Israel will not cave to Hamas’s delusional demands’, ending immediate attempts to negotiate a ceasefire and hostage release deal

International Business Times

Struggling For A Can Of Food: Starving Gazans Scramble For Aid Drops

A military plane banked over the war-ravaged ruins of Gaza City dropping dozens of black parachutes carrying food aid.

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International Business Times

Middle East Conflict: US Abstains In UNSC Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Vote

The war in Gaza is now on its 171st day, and tensions between the U.S. and Israel seem to be reaching a fever pitch as Israel's top western ally on Monday abstained from a UNSC resolution vote that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim month of…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia seeks to blame Ukraine for massacre despite evidence it was Islamic State

Russia tells US to rethink its assertion that IS was responsible for the attack, despite group claiming responsibility and sharing new footage. Plus, Donald Trump gets the band back together

The Guardian - US

Israel-Gaza war: US says it will ‘find ways’ to warn Israel against Rafah attack despite cancellation of visit – as it happened

Israeli prime minister’s political rival said Netanyahu should have travelled to the US after visit is cancelled following UN vote to pass ceasefire resolution

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Unrwa hits out at ‘man-made famine’; Moscow terror suspects in court; and Olivia Colman on the gender pay gap

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel has barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza, where the threat of famine is highest

International Business Times

UN Security Council To Vote On New Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a new draft resolution on an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, after Russia and China vetoed an earlier text proposed by the United States.

France 24

Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire and forcing the evacuation from one hospital of most patients and displaced people sheltering there, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

The Guardian - AU

Middle East crisis: Medical teams at two hospitals in Gaza pinned down by heavy gunfire, Palestinian Red Crescent says – as it happened

Two hospitals in Gaza besieged by Israeli forces with staff in ‘extreme danger’, Palestinian Red Crescent says

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