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WFP says funding shortages have cut monthly assistance in Gaza from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people, leaving about 500,000 without support. Acute food insecurity affects 1.4 million people, or 67 percent of the population, while progress remains fragile.
People in Gaza who are acutely food insecure
Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party for the Oct. 27 election, calling him a strong ally and partner for peace against Iran. Netanyahu thanked Trump, whose endorsement had been withheld for months.
The video attached by Likud was 35 seconds long.
NPR reports that Israel has not allowed foreign media independent access to Gaza, despite a declared ceasefire that has lasted more than a year and a war that began three years ago.
Colombia inaugurated its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, following the restoration of diplomatic ties under President Abelardo de la Espriella. The move drew condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian officials.
Countries that have opened embassies in Jerusalem since 2018
AllegedHezbollah said families in Beirut and its suburbs whose homes were destroyed would receive $14,000 each.
Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials to identify and prosecute soldiers and officers interviewed in NAZA, which alleges systematic mass civilian killings by the IDF in Gaza. The IDF rejected the film’s allegations, while the government promoted a counter-documentary.
NAZA includes interviews with 24 soldiers and intelligence officials.
At least seven Palestinians, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza. Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,481 had been killed and 5,254 injured since the ceasefire began, while the wider war toll reached at least 74,370 dead.
At least 7 people were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Israel closed the UK consulate in East Jerusalem in protest at planned UK sanctions, forcing the withdrawal of 21 diplomats and downgrading it to a mission. The UK is advancing sanctions powers that could target supporters of Israeli settlements.
AllegedIsraeli diplomats the UK could expel in response to the consulate closure