Israel war on Gaza updates: Gaza gov’t says 3,500 children at risk of dying

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June 19, 2024

Israel war on Gaza updates: Gaza gov’t says 3,500 children at risk of dying

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  • Lack of aid, including food, nutritional supplements and vaccines, has put 3,500 children at risk of dying from malnourishment, Gaza’s Government Media Office warns.
  • Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has released drone footage showing surveillance of the Israeli port city of Haifa, as US envoy Amos Hochstein wraps up a visit to Beirut aimed at easing tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border.
  • Multiple deadly Israeli strikes are reported overnight in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
  • At least nine Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in Rafah are killed and several critically injured by Israeli fire.
  • At least 37,372 people have been killed and 85,452 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in a hospital in Deir el-Balah on June 18, 2024 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

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