Humanitarian Aid ‘Targeted’ Amid Gaza Bombardment

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - NOVEMBER 7: People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 7, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heavy fighting rages in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel encircles the area, despite increasingly pressing calls for a humanitarian truce. The leaders of the main UN agencies issued a rare joint statement to express their indignation. More than 40 per cent of the dead in Gaza after nearly four weeks of war are children. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

By Ted Regencia and Lyndal Rowlands

8 Nov 2023

Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli forces targeted the International Red Cross humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City.

Doctors Without Borders staff member killed in Gaza, MSF calls for action to “stop bloodshed”.

Israel killing Palestinian children at unprecedented rate, according to rights group, Defense for Children International-Palestine.

Saudi Arabia will host summits of Arab, African and Islamic countries to discuss the Gaza conflict in coming days, its investment minister has said.

Biden has asked Netanyahu for a “pause” in the fighting in Gaza while Rashida Tlaib has said she “will not be silenced” ahead of a planned vote to rebuke her in the US House of Representatives.

At least 10,328 Palestinians in Gaza killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. In Israel, the death toll over the same period stands at more than 1,400.