al jazeera

By Lyndal Rowlands, Alastair McCready, Urooba Jamal and Nils Adler
   “Gaza has become a death zone”: WHO chief says “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation worsens.
   Palestine Red Crescent Society warns of dire situation at al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis as Israeli siege continues for 30th day.
   Medical charity MSF “outraged” by Israeli attack on its shelter in al-Mawasi that killed two family members of staff and injured six.
   Residents of northern Gaza Strip have only animal feed to eat for past three weeks, says head of Gaza’s government media office.
   At least 29,313 Palestinians killed and 69,333 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 attacks stands at 1,139.

    Three killed, 8 wounded in shooting attack near Jerusalem

    At least three people have been killed and at least eight people wounded during a shooting attack near occupied East Jerusalem, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting.

    Israeli police say one officer was killed after three gunmen fired at cars stuck in traffic on a highway near the Maale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed two of the gunmen and the third has been arrested.

    We will bring you updates on this story as soon as possible.

    Israeli forces shoot two people, arrest 12 in West Bank raids

    The Israeli military has shot two people during a raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.

    Israeli forces stormed the area early on Thursday morning, resulting in confrontations with Palestinians. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said one man was shot in his back and a second in his hand. It is not known how serious their injuries are.

    Israeli forces have also arrested at least 10 people during raids on the neighbouring towns of Beit Rima and Deir Ghassana, northwest of Ramallah, as well as two men in the Aqbat Jabr camp in the city of Jericho.

    Turkey pushes for ceasefire, two-state solution at G20 meeting

    At a G20 meeting in Brazil, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called on the international community to take a more active role towards an urgent ceasefire in Gaza as well as a two-state solution, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters news agency.

    Turkey, which has harshly criticised Israel for its attacks on Gaza and backed measures to have it tried for genocide at the ICJ, has repeatedly called for a ceasefire.

    Fidan told a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday that the “savagery” in Gaza must be stopped as he discussed steps to achieve an urgent ceasefire with counterparts from the US, Germany, and Egypt, the source said.

    “The fact that a decision on a ceasefire did not come out of the UN Security Council once again has shown that reform is a must,” Fidan told a session at the G20 meeting, according to one of his aides, referring to a third US veto on a ceasefire call at the 15-member body.