Overview

• Gaza’s Health Ministry reports over 60,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023, with more than half women and children
• Local hospitals say Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 46 people overnight as crowds waited for food
• Health Ministry reports over 130 hunger-related deaths and at least 154 malnutrition-related fatalities among children and adults
• Ceasefire negotiations remain deadlocked and roughly 50 hostages taken on Oct. 7 are still held in Gaza
• The U.K. has pledged to recognize a Palestinian state in September if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire, following France’s declaration