While US says Israel has accepted the ceasefire proposal, Hamas says they have accepted it, and it's backed by the UNSC: Still radio silence from Israel while the bombing campaigns continue.
Israeli bombing kills four in Gaza City
Four people have been killed and some have been wounded in an Israeli bombing targeting residents near the Tayaran intersection west of Gaza City, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.
Situation for women and girls in Gaza ‘an absolute nightmare’: UNFPA
“More than anything, the damage to the healthcare system means that women have nowhere to turn,” Natalia Kanem, the executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), tells Al Jazeera.
“Where do you turn trying to keep a newborn safe and fed in that environment? We are facing a situation where women are delivering babies by caesarean section without anesthesia because there’s no energy, there’s no generator, the medicines are running out.”
The UNFPA is demanding that humanitarian corridors be opened up and for international humanitarian law to be respected, Kanem added.
3,000 malnourished children at risk of ‘dying before their families’ eyes’: UNICEF
“Almost 3,000 children have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute malnutrition in southern Gaza, putting them at risk of death as harrowing violence and displacement continue to impact access to healthcare facilities and services for desperate families,” the UN’s agency for childrens’ relief says in a statement.
The agency said the number equates to approximately three-quarters of the 3,800 children who are receiving life-saving care in the south of the besieged Strip as the conflict in Rafah escalates.
While there has been some improvement in the delivery of food aid to the north, humanitarian access in the south has declined dramatically, the agency added.
“Horrific images continue to emerge from Gaza of children dying before their families’ eyes due to the continued lack of food, nutrition supplies, and the destruction of healthcare services,” said UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Adele Khodr.
“UNICEF has more nutrition supplies prepositioned to arrive in the Gaza Strip, if access allows,” she added.
Living in safety only possible with an end to Israeli occupation: Charity
The UK-based charity Islamic Relief has welcomed the UN Security Council’s call for an immediate ceasefire, but says “the real test will now be its implementation”.
UNSC Resolution 2735 calls for an immediate ceasefire, unimpeded distribution of humanitarian aid at scale, the safe release of captives and prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
“We hope this [resolution] will eventually lead to a lasting peace agreement and an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine,” it said in a statement.
“All Palestinians and Israelis have the right to live in safety and dignity, and this will only be possible when there is an end to the Israeli occupation.”
Jordan’s foreign minister says Israel must abide by UNSC resolution
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that the credibility of international law was at stake if Israel refused to abide by a UNSC resolution for a plan to end the war in Gaza.
Speaking at a news conference in Jordan, he said Israel had become a “pariah state”.
