al jazeera

By Alastair Mccready and Zaheena Rasheed

     World Health Organization says that increasing number of children in Gaza are on the brink of death due to acute hunger, with newborns “simply dying because of low birth weight”.
      Death toll from Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp rises to 27. Another Israeli attack on an aid distribution team in Gaza City killed at least 23.
      Israel’s foreign minister Yisrael Katz condemns Canada’s move to ban future arms exports, warning that history will judge the “action harshly”.
      At least 31,819 Palestinians have been killed and 73,934 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens taken captive.

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    It’s 7:00am (05:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.

    Here are the main developments from overnight:

    The death toll from an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has risen to 27. Most of the victims were people displaced by war.
   Israeli forces continued raids across the occupied West Bank, arresting one Palestinian man in the Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah.
   Canadian groups welcomed their government’s decision to halt future arms sales to Israel, but said existing permits need to be cancelled, too.
   A group of more than 100 Democratic donors and activists have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden warning that growing anger over his support for Israel is “increasing the chances of a Trump victory” at this year’s presidential election.
   US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will host his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, next week for talks on the release of captives and provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to media reports.