Israeli Assault on Gaza Enters Third Month Amid Rising Death Toll
UN Secretary-General Invokes Article 99 to Force Debate on Gaza Ceasefire
- Israel's assault on Gaza enters its third month, with Israeli tanks advancing into the city center of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
- An Israeli strike on the Jabaliya refugee camp killed 22 family members of a correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic.
- Gaza's Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed more than 16,200 people, more than 7,100 of them children.
- A Reuters investigation reveals that an Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters in Lebanon.
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres invokes Article 99 of the U.N. Charter to force a debate at the Security Council on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.