The World Food Programme (WFP) said an aid convoy was denied entry to north Gaza by Israel’s military, preventing
the first attempt by the UN agency to deliver aid there since February 20. WFP said “to avert famine”, there must be road access to Gaza’s north.

    Hamas says ceasefire negotiations are ongoing but “the ball is in the Israeli court”, while the US says obstacles to a truce are “not insurmountable”.

    An Israeli bombing has killed a Hezbollah fighter, his wife and their son in the southern Lebanese village of Houla.

    US envoy Amos Hochstein has given a verbal proposal for “calm” on the Lebanese-Israeli border, with negotiations to begin during Ramadan, says Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

    At least 30,631 Palestinians have been killed and 72,043 wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

    Three killed, many injured in Israeli air attacks on family home, refugee camp

    Israeli forces killed three civilians and injured an unknown number of others in an overnight attack on the home of the Al-Attar family in the city of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency reports.

    Israeli artillery and fighter planes also bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza overnight and pounded the southern city of Khan Younis, Wafa said.

    Merchant vessel hailed by entity claiming to be Yemeni navy

    A merchant vessel has been hailed over VHF radio by an entity claiming to be the Yemeni Navy, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports.

    The vessel, which was in the Gulf of Aden about 50 nautical miles (92km) southwest of the Yemeni city of Aden, was instructed to alter its course. It is not clear if the ship followed the directive.

    We previously reported that Houthi Telecommunications Minister Misfer Al-Numair said on Tuesday that ships entering Yemeni waters must first obtain a permit from the Houthi-controlled Maritime Affairs Authority.

    The Iran-backed group has been carrying out attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November in protest of Israel’s war on Gaza.

    Canada said to resume funding for UNRWA: Report

    Canada’s CBC News is reporting that the Canadian government has decided to resume funding for UNRWA after seeing an interim report examining Israeli claims that around a dozen of the agency’s staff took part in Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

    The Canadian broadcaster cited a senior government official in its report.

    The source, who was not authorised to speak publicly, told CBC News that the Canadian government “is comfortable resuming funding” based on the interim findings of the UN inquiry into Israel’s allegations. UNRWA has previously said that Israel has failed to provide additional information to back its claims.

    CBC News said Canada will go ahead with a scheduled payment in April of $25m and is set to announce further funding.