Live – Israel-Hamas war: Tel Aviv unveils plan for Gaza nearly 3 months after war began

In a statement released on Friday, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Director Catherine Russell warned of malnutrition in the Gaza Strip. He warns that 90% of children under the age of two consume two or fewer food groups, often including cereals – bread – or milk, meeting the definition of “severe food poverty”.

The deterioration of the situation “raises fears that severe malnutrition and mortality will exceed famine thresholds”, UNICEF declares. The organization “works to provide life-saving aid to the children of Gaza that they desperately need. But we urgently need better and safer access to save children's lives,” says Catherine Russell.

Catherine Russell, Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)., warned Friday that time was running out for Gaza's children, who are “trapped in a nightmare that is getting worse by the day.” They face a “triple threat” to their lives due to rising disease, dwindling food supplies and increasing fighting.

He warned that children's living conditions were “deteriorating rapidly”, noting an increase in cases of diarrhea and worsening food poverty among children in the region.

Anthony Blinken landed in Istanbul (Turkey) on the first leg of a diplomatic tour focused on the Israel-Hamas conflict, particularly the humanitarian situation in Gaza. In addition to Turkey and Greece, the US diplomat will visit five Arab countries, Israel and the West Bank.

The head of Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah said on Friday it was “inevitable” to respond to an Israeli attack on its stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut that killed two Palestinian Hamas militants on the battlefield. Hassan Nasrallah warned in a televised address that the strike in Beirut's southern suburbs was “extreme and will not be answered”.

Danish shipping company Maersk announced on Friday that it was diverting its fleet through the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Red Sea, where it has suspended all routes following Houthi attacks. “All Maersk vessels transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will be diverted south around the Cape of Good Hope in future,” he said. “All available information confirms that the security risk is at a significantly high level.”

The Hamas Health Ministry announced on Friday that 22,600 people had been killed in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Among them, 162 people have been killed in the last 24 hours and 57,910 people have been injured since October 7, the ministry said.

The body of an Israeli killed on October 7 during an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel has been taken to the Gaza Strip and laid to rest, its Kibbutz Nir Oz community announced on Friday. Tamir Aadhar, 38, is believed to be alive and held hostage in the enclave, but the Israeli military confirmed he was killed later that day. “Since then, his body has been kept in Gaza,” the statement said.

Israel continued its bombing and ground operations in Gaza on Friday as three months of conflict between Israel and Hamas drew to a close. The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had “eradicated a terrorist group” that wanted to attack one of its tanks in Buraj during the night and destroyed several rocket launchers aimed at Israel in Khan Yunis at the cost of a ground battle. A large southern city, the center of fighting for days.

The Israeli defense minister presented his first “post-war” plan on Thursday. Yoav Gallant proposes that the Gaza Strip is home to “Hamas” or the “Israeli Civil Administration”. The plan still has to be approved by the government, which is divided on Mullivaikal.

A “post-war” project in Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday unveiled his first post-war plan on Gaza, which must win the divided government's approval of the thorny issue. He said operations in Gaza would “continue” until the hostages were returned, “removal of Hamas' military and administrative capabilities” and “removal of military threats”. After that a new phase begins, which is the day after the battle. “There will be no Israeli civilian presence in the Gaza Strip after the objectives of the war have been achieved,” he pointed out, though the IDF would retain “freedom of action” and avoid any potential “threat”.

Before “after”, there is “when”. During the night from Thursday to Friday, Israeli forces again stepped up attacks in the south and center of the Gaza Strip, where heavy fighting took place, witnesses said. On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes and artillery strikes hit Khan Younes, a large city in the south of the Gaza Strip that has become the center of operations, an AFP journalist said.

New arrival of US diplomatic chief. Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken expects to make his fourth visit to the region since the start of the war in Gaza, with stops in Israel, the West Bank and five Arab countries in particular. He will advocate for “immediate steps to significantly increase humanitarian assistance” in the Palestinian Territory, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.

Three Israelis are missing as Hamas hostages. “So far the three missing civilians have been identified as hostages and their families have been informed,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Thursday. The announcement brought the number of people still held hostage in Gaza to 132 since the October 7 attack, according to figures provided by Israeli officials.

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