Overview

• Israel's military intensifies its assault on Gaza, with the death toll approaching 16,000 and thousands more believed to be trapped under the rubble. Twenty-six of Gaza’s 35 hospitals are now out of service due to the siege.
• More than three-quarters of Gaza’s population is displaced, with some 2 million people forced into a 90-square-mile area in the south which Israel is actively bombing.
• U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said it was “too soon” to judge whether Israel has been doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza.
• A court in the Netherlands has heard a lawsuit brought by human rights groups challenging the government’s export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing Israel’s wide-scale and serious violations of humanitarian law in Gaza.
• At the COP28 climate summit, a new report shows that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soared to a new record high this year, with carbon dioxide releases approaching nearly 41 billion metric tons. Nearly 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been credentialed to attend this year’s summit.