- UN chief Antonio Guterres says conditions must improve to allow “large-scale humanitarian operations” in Gaza, Palestine amid widespread hunger and displacement.
- Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, with the latest attacks hitting near a hospital in Rafah and on the northern Jabalia refugee camp killing at least 12 people.
- Israel has ordered the evacuation of large areas of southern Gaza’s main city on Wednesday, the United Nations has said.
- Talks in Cairo attended by the political head of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Wednesday, ended “without results”, according to reports.
- UN Security Council is expected to vote on the Gaza resolution on Thursday after days of negotiations aimed at avoiding a US veto.
- At least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7, according to the Gaza government’s media office.
- The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at nearly 1,140. (NewsWire)