Israeli forces intensified attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13 women and children in the Nuseirat refugee camp and destroying a residential tower in Rafah.
In isolated northern Gaza, an infant and a young woman died of malnutrition, taking the number of known starvation deaths to 25.
Canada and Sweden restored funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, after the organisation accused Israel of forcing some of its staff to make false statements about their involvement in Hamas.
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency said truce talks are ongoing as Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh called on Israel’s allies to “stop this heinous war on Gaza” in a message ahead of Ramadan.
At least 30,960 Palestinians have been killed and 72,524 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, and dozens continue to be held captive.
Source: Al Jazeera
