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SvennoJ on 29 May 2025
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Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn rises to 70

At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said.


Israel’s Gaza offensive ‘a war on children’: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini says that in addition to Israel’s intense bombardment, “starvation is threatening the future of the children” in the Palestinian enclave.

“What’s urgently needed is a political will to allow the UN and partners to provide assistance at scale without hindrance or interruption,” the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said in a post on X.

“Allow us to do our work.”


‘Critical lifeline’ al-Awda Hospital now out of service, WHO says

The director-general of the World Health Organization has announced that al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza is now out of service after an Israeli order was issued to evacuate the building.

There are still 97 people, including 13 patients inside the building, and the UN is planning a mission tomorrow to transfer patients to another facility, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement on X, adding that the hospital’s medical equipment cannot be relocated due to impassable roads.

“With al-Awda’s closure, there is no remaining functional hospital in North Gaza – severing a critical lifeline for the people there,” he said.

“WHO pleads for the hospital’s protection and staff and patients’ safety, and reiterates its call for the active protection of civilians and health care. Hospitals must never be attacked or militarised. Ceasefire!”


Israeli army orders Palestinians to leave several areas in Gaza’s north

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee has released a statement ordering Palestinians in the northern Gaza areas of al-Atatra, Jabalia, Shujayea, al-Daraj and al-Zeitoun to leave their homes.

The army will “expand” its offensive in those areas due to “terrorist” activity, Adraee said, without providing any evidence. “From this moment on, the mentioned areas will be considered dangerous combat zones.”

Israel has routinely and repeatedly ordered Palestinians to leave their homes in northern Gaza in what rights group say is a campaign of mass forced displacement.