The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that it would be forced to stop working across the Gaza Strip by Wednesday unless there were urgent fuel deliveries to the war-torn territory. Gaza hospitals also face a possible shutdown by Wednesday due to acute fuel shortages.

   The United States and Canada have joined a call for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war to allow safe deliveries of aid to civilians short of food, water, medicine and electricity in the besieged Gaza Strip.

   The UN secretary-general said Hamas’s October 7 attack did not happen “in a vacuum”, with Israel demanding his resignation.    Israel hits Jenin refugee camp with drone strike, one Palestinian killed in Israeli raid on the camp.

   More intense bombardments have been reported across Gaza on Tuesday night and past midnight on Wednesday resulting in hundreds more deaths and injuries.

   At least 5,791 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, while more than 1,400 people were killed in Israel since October 7.