An Israeli spokesperson has accused Sky News’ Mark Austin of sharing Hamas propaganda.
Israel’s military campaign has killed 52,862 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Famine
It comes as an UN-backed assessment has said that Gaza’s population of around 2.1 million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity” as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues.
The IPC assessment, released on Monday, found half a million people – or one in five – were facing starvation in Gaza. It said nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished over the next 11 months to April 2026.
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Journalist
Also, the Israeli army has been accused of killing a Palestinian journalist while receiving medical treatment in a hospital in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip. It has been claimed that 215 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 2023.
In a statement, the Gaza-based Government Media Office mourned journalist Hassan Eslaih, and said Israel assassinated him while receiving medical treatment in the Nasser hospital after he had survived a previous assassination attempt.
The statement strongly condemned the Israeli “systemic targeting of journalists,” urging the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press organisations worldwide to condemn Israeli crimes and prosecute it before international courts.
It comes as Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA: “.. there is absolutely no doubt we are talking about massive atrocities”
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