Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Khan Younis as death toll rises
A Palestinian has been killed by Israeli soldiers south of Khan Younis, medical sources at Nasser Hospital tell Al Jazeera.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis says Ahmed Abdel-Al, 19, was shot and killed by Israeli troops on Tuesday morning in an area away from where Israeli military has seized total control in southern Gaza.
Abdel-Al was the latest of 529 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the October 10, 2025, start of the President Trump-backed peace process, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. They are among the 71,803 Palestinians killed since the start of the war in October 2023, it said.
Israeli attacks also wounded 15 Palestinians in attacks over the past day, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The Israeli army withdrew behind a demarcation line referred to as the “yellow line” under the first phase of the US-brokered Gaza “ceasefire” that came into effect in October. Israel’s military routinely violates the line to carry out attacks and blow up buildings and homes, Gaza authorities say.
Palestinian Authority calls on UN to act on Israeli attacks, restrictions
Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations, has sent letters to senior UN officials urging immediate international action to address the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Mansour warned of “catastrophic” scenes in the Strip and Israel’s continued violations of the US-brokered “ceasefire” and international humanitarian law.
Mansour called on the international community to fulfil its legal and moral obligations and to intervene immediately for a permanent ceasefire that will end “the massacres” perpetrated against the Palestinian people, the official Wafa news agency reported.
He highlighted that 43 Palestinians, including three journalists, were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza between January 14 and 28. At least 31 people were killed and dozens wounded in attacks on Saturday alone.
In his letter, Mansour also underscored deadly attacks by the Israeli army and settlers in the occupied West Bank, and its policies of collective punishment, torture, detention, and confiscation of Palestinian land.
Gaza rescue workers ground vehicles amid lack of fuel
A statement on Telegram by the civil defence agency says body recovery operations in the war-battered enclave have been suspended as rescue vehicles ran out of petrol.
Hazard removal operations around the vast piles of destroyed infrastructure have also been stopped because of a lack of fuel needed to power heavy equipment, it said.
Crews are unable to respond to weather-related distress calls. The agency called on the international community for immediate action to provide crucial fuel supplies needed for humanitarian services throughout the devastated Gaza Strip.
