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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
