Key points
- No aid has been distributed in Gaza: UN
- Educator and Youtuber Ms Rachel implores world leaders to save babies in Gaza
- Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 19 people: Gaza Civil Defence
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Gaza have said that Israel’s “starvation policy” has killed at least 326 Palestinians since March 2, as the United Nations warns that 14,000 babies are at risk of dying within 48 hours.
Al-Jazeera cited the United Nations as saying that no aid has been distributed in Gaza, a day after Israel allowed limited humanitarian deliveries to resume.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 19 people, including a week-old baby, as Israel faces mounting international pressure over its military offensive, AFP reported.
“Our crews transported 19 dead, most of them children, and dozens of injured following air raids carried out by the Israeli warplanes in various areas of the Gaza Strip last night and early today,” AFP quoted civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal as saying, naming multiple victims including the newborn.
“Save babies in Gaza”
Children’s educator and YouTube star Ms Rachel has issued an emotional plea to world leaders, urging them to act on the UN’s warning that thousands of babies could die in Gaza within the next 48 hours if Israel’s blockade continues, according to Al-Jazeera.
“You can’t be about to let 14,000 children starve,” she said in a post on Instagram.
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Ms Rachel, whose educational videos have had more than 10 billion views on YouTube, has continued to speak out over the plight of children in Gaza, despite facing backlash from Israel’s supporters.
The United Kingdom has suspended free trade talks with Israel, while the European Union said it would review a pact governing its political and economic relations with Israel over the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza.
Missing under the rubble
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,573 Palestinians and wounded 121,688, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
