Overview

• Sam Sears described confirming two child deaths by placing them in body bags and later saving a third boy who is expected to make a full recovery.
• UK-Med’s two emergency field hospitals in Al-Mawasi and Deir El Balah have carried out over 600,000 patient consultations since January 2024 under critical staff and supply shortages.
• Gaza’s health system is buckling under intermittent electricity, scarce medical supplies and an unrelenting influx of blast, shrapnel and gunshot injuries.
• United Nations experts warn that nearly one in three Gazans goes days without food and that the worst-case famine scenario is already playing out.
• The UK government has pledged an additional £8.5 million for UN-coordinated aid in Gaza as humanitarian agencies press for a sustained ceasefire and unhindered delivery of essential supplies.