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Gaza engulfed by humanitarian crisis, as safe corridor rejected

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Summary

  • Israel continues to batter Gaza with airstrikes, hitting schools, hospitals and residential areas
  • Palestinian officials say the enclave faces a humanitarian catastrophe, after Israel cut off electricity, fuel, food and water supplies. 
  • The death toll in Gaza now stands at more than 1,200. Israeli authorities say 1,200 were killed in Hamas’s surprise attack on Saturday
  • Some 383,000 people have been displaced in Gaza, according to the UN
  • Top US diplomat Antony Blinken is expected in Israel today. He will also meet the Palestinian president
  • Pans to establish a safe corridor for Palestinians fleeing Israeli strikes has been rejected
  • Hamas’s operation came after a record number of Palestinians killed were killed in 2023