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Israel must give international observers access to ‘the Gaza ghetto’: UN expert

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, said Israel must give international observers access to Gaza to assess the situation in what she called “the Gaza ghetto”.

In a post on social media, Albanese questioned what Israel was so “afraid of” that it has cut the war-torn enclave off from international observers. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has already called on Israel to provide access to Gaza, Albanese said.

“This is what the [ICJ] has requested and should have happened already,” she said.

Several countries have joined South Africa’s case at the ICJ accusing Israeli forces of perpetrating genocide in Gaza.


Survey captures snapshot of suffering in Gaza: Norwegian refugee agency

In a survey of more than 1,000 Palestinian families displaced from Rafah as Israel launched its ground invasion of the southern Gaza city last month, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found:

  • 83 percent reported having no access to food.
  • 57 percent had no access to clean water.
  • Almost none had access to a latrine.
  • 52 percent reported having no access to dignified shelter.
  • Nine people on average were sharing a single temporary shelter.

“Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing famine like conditions,” NRC Secretary-General Jan Egeland said in a post on social media.

Egeland said families are without food, children are wasting away, and people have resorted to preparing meals using “tree leaves or animal fodder”.

“NRC staff in Gaza are seeing the appalling impact of hunger across the besieged and devastated densely populated area,” he said.

Completely useless, any aid that does get dropped on shore still isn't going anywhere.

US military’s Gaza air pier looks set for removal again: Report

The problem-prone $230m aid pier, built off Gaza’s coast by the US military, could be removed as soon as today due to rough sea conditions, The Associated Press news agency (AP) reports.

Two US officials told the AP that the pier will be removed again and Washington is looking at alternative ways to get aid into Gaza. If the pier is moved later today, it would be the third time weather has disrupted its short-lived operations.

The floating pier was anchored back on Gaza’s shoreline on June 19 after heavy seas and high winds led the military to disconnect it from the beach. In May, similar conditions forced a two-week pause in operations.

The UN and its agencies halted humanitarian aid distribution from the pier pending the release of a security review following claims it may have played a role in a bloody Israeli operation on June 8 to free captives that left hundreds of civilians dead in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Struggle to keep children cool as temperature climbs in tent camps


A Palestinian woman bathes a baby to cool him down on June 27, 2024, as Palestinians struggle with increasing temperatures in the makeshift tents they are sheltering in after Israeli attacks destroyed their homes in Deir el-Balah, Gaza

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ps/gaza/258096/weather-forecast/258096

High of 36c (97F), RealFeel of 35c (95F) in the shade


Palestinian families with young children are struggling to cope with the heat in war-torn Deir el-Balah


Palestinians wait in line for water was they struggle with increasing temperatures in Deir el-Balah