At least one Palestinian killed in Israeli attack on Rafah
Israeli forces bombed the municipality of ash-Shawka, east of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding another, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) also reported on the killing, saying the attack was carried out by an Israeli drone. It added that the wounded person was in a serious condition.
Israeli military claims deadly drone attack in southern Gaza countered weapons smuggling
The Israeli military confirmed launching the deadly strike, claiming it was linked with cross-border smuggling.
The army said in a short statement that its unmanned aircraft dropped a bomb over two “suspects” and a drone after the drone was detected crossing from Israeli territory into southern Gaza.
Several attempts to smuggle weapons into Gaza using drones have been spotted recently, it claimed, adding that it “will not allow terrorist activity of any kind”.
Over 2,300 children in Gaza treated for acute malnutrition in January
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) says some 2,369 children have been treated for acute malnutrition in Gaza since January 1.
This includes 1,966 children diagnosed with moderate acute malnutrition and 403 children diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, it said.
The agency added that acute malnutrition was almost non-existent in Gaza before the war and that the “lack of access to nutritious food and essential services over 15 months, including health care, water, sanitation and hygiene, has led to the spread of acute malnutrition, particularly among children under two years”.
Aid trucks continue to enter Gaza, but officials say supplies are not enough
I’m now in Rafah, a city in the south of the Strip close to the Karem Abu Salem [Kerem Shalom] crossing. Since early this morning, I have seen trucks affiliated with UNRWA, the WHO, and the WFP carrying medical supplies, flour and food items making the journey to Gaza City.
We can see that different humanitarian aid trucks are now heading to Rafah and Karem Abu Salem crossings to transport more aid.
However, there is no specific data shared by UN agencies about whether there has been any immediate change in the number of aid trucks that have been sent to the Gaza Strip since Hamas declared the delay in releasing the Israeli captives.
UN officials have told us that more than 12,600 aid trucks have come to the Gaza Strip, amounting to more than 32,000 metric tons [tonnes] of aid since the ceasefire came into effect.
But they continue to emphasize that the situation is still very fragile. Many people are still very hungry, and the scale of the humanitarian supplies sent to the Gaza Strip cannot match the very massive needs of the population.
The Abu Hueyshel family – whose home in al-Mughraqa, central Gaza was destroyed in Israeli attacks, leaving some family members dead and others taken prisoner – struggles to survive in a structure they set up on the rubble
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