Israeli warplanes hit Khan Younis
Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground in the Gaza Strip reports that Israel has carried out at least one air strike on the southern city. This attack happened in coordination with an operation to demolish buildings in the city, an activity Israel is still carrying out regularly despite the ongoing ceasefire.
We do not have any information on casualties resulting from this strike at this time.
WHO notes 100,000 children in Gaza projected to suffer acute malnutrition through next April
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that while conditions have improved in Gaza since the October ceasefire took effect, “progress remains extremely fragile” and 100,000 children are still on track to “suffer acute malnutrition through April next year”.
He noted that only half of Gaza’s health facilities are “partially functional and they face shortages of essential supplies and equipment” due to Israeli restrictions.
“To scale up life-saving services and expand access to care, the WHO calls for the urgent and expedited approval and entry of essential medical supplies, equipment and prefabricated hospital structures,” he said.
The latest @theIPCinfo analysis for #Gaza confirms that no areas of the Strip are currently classified as being in famine following the recent October ceasefire and improved humanitarian and commercial access.
But this welcome progress remains extremely fragile as the… pic.twitter.com/e0XrH0cujy
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 21, 2025
UNRWA chief says ‘myth’ that dismantling agency would help Palestinains
Philippe Lazzarini says on X that there is a need to dispel the “myth” that the agency keeps Palestinians in refugee status “limbo”. “The truth is that, wherever they are, refugees remain refugees in the absence of just and lasting political solutions to their plight,” he said.
He hit out at calls to dismantle the agency, which have largely come from the Israeli government, saying that Palestinian refugees would pay the price.
“Their [Palestinian refugees] only alternative is a genuine investment in peace and in future empowered [and] capacitated Palestinian institutions.”
Israel has repeatedly stymied efforts to work towards a Palestinian state, and has made it an official position over the course of its two-year genocide to stop one from being created.
