al jazeera

By Lyndal Rowlands and Alastair McCready
   The World Health Organization (WHO) says it could not deliver food to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis despite a “serious shortage” after food was delayed at checkpoints.
   “I witnessed two people suffocating to death from the overcrowding,” says Mercy Corps aid worker after a rare food delivery reached northern Gaza.
   “We don’t know where they were injured or even their names,” doctor Omar Abu Taha tells Al Jazeera as Palestinians bury dozens of bodies, released by Israel, in Rafah.
   Israeli troops have stormed Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis and are demanding doctors and displaced Palestinians evacuate, the Palestine Red Crescent says.
   At least 26,751 people have been killed and 65,636 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

    US seeking ‘more information’ from Israel on UNRWA allegations

    The US has “reached out to the Government of Israel to seek more information” about allegations Israel made against 12 staff members of UNRWA, Washington’s ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has told reporters.

    While Thomas-Greenfield said, “I’m not going to get ahead” of an investigation launched by the UN, she also said the US would not restore funding until UNRWA made “fundamental changes”.

    Thomas-Greenfield’s comments on Tuesday come after questions have arisen over whether Israel changed details about how it obtained information about the 12 UNRWA employees it says were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel.

    On Saturday, the US news outlet Axios quoted an Israeli official who said that “a lot of the intelligence is a result of interrogations of militants who were arrested during the October 7 attack”.

    However, on Sunday, The New York Times – which says it obtained a “dossier” on the Israeli allegations – reported that the information had been obtained through surveillance.

    Israeli forces have detained an unknown number of people in Gaza – including UN workers – since October 7. Palestinians released from detention say they were beaten, verbally abused, undressed and deprived of sleep during Israeli interrogations.