Welcome to our rolling dwell protection of the Israel-Gaza war – that is Adam Fulton and I’ll be with you for the following whereas.

Leading the headlines, Israeli forces are persevering with their push into southern Gaza, the place a whole bunch of hundreds of civilians have fled seeking shelter from Israeli bombardments and preventing with Hamas militants.

Aid teams spoke of an “apocalyptic” humanitarian state of affairs within the Palestinian territory, warning it’s on the point of being overwhelmed by illness and hunger.

Hamas, which runs Gaza, mentioned on Sunday that Israel had launched a collection of “very violent raids” focusing on Gaza’s fundamental southern metropolis of Khan Younis and the highway from there to Rafah, close to the border with Egypt.

On Saturday, Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Khan Younis, together with elements of the town centre that had not been topic to such orders earlier than, because it pounded the size of the territory.

More on that story shortly. In different information because it nears 7.45am in Gaza City and Tel Aviv:

• The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to promote about 14,000 tank shells to Israel with out congressional evaluation. The state division on Friday used an Arms Export Control Act emergency declaration for the tank rounds, value $106.5m, for rapid supply to Israel, the Pentagon mentioned in an announcement.

• The UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) mentioned it had solely been in a position to distribute support in a really small a part of southern Gaza “because of the intensity of the fighting and the bombardment since the humanitarian pause stopped”. Its deputy govt director, Carl Skau, mentioned earlier: “About half the inhabitants in Gaza are ravenous … The humanitarian operation is collapsing. With the chaos with this energetic preventing it’s not potential to do the work that’s wanted.

• The Israeli army says 5 of its troopers have died within the struggle. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) named the 5 in a submit on X and mentioned 4 of them died in battle in southern Gaza and one succumbed to his wounds after preventing on 7 October.

• A UN peacekeeping place in southern Lebanon was hit with out inflicting casualties, the UN pressure mentioned, including it was in search of to confirm the supply of the fireplace. Lebanon’s nationwide information company reported that an “Israeli Merkava tank” focused the UN interim pressure in Lebanon (Unifil) place close to the border throughout from Metula in northern Israel on Saturday. An Israeli military spokeswoman mentioned it : “did not aim at Unifil, we did not hit a Unifil position.”

• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauded the US for vetoing a UN safety council decision which known as for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the place greater than 17,700 Palestinians have been killed. Netanyahu mentioned on Saturday: “I greatly appreciate the correct stance that the US has taken in the UN security council. Other countries need to understand that.” US secretary of state Antony Blinken has continued to talk with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and elsewhere amid open criticism of the US opposition to an open-ended truce.

• Israeli fighter jets “completed an attack on Lebanese territory during which targets of the terrorist organisation Hezbollah was attacked”, the Israeli Defense Forces’ spokesperson tweeted on Saturday. Daniel Hagari added: “Among the targets that were attacked, a number of military positions from which launches were made into the territory of the country, military sites where the organisation’s terrorists operated and other terrorist infrastructures.”

• The Gulf Cooperation Council is holding Israel legally chargeable for killing hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza. The GCC international locations mentioned on Saturday that that they had renewed their condemnation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip and have been holding Israel legally chargeable for ongoing assaults that resulted within the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Gaza.

• Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy within the West Bank city of Azzun, in Qalqilya, on Saturday, in keeping with the Palestinian well being ministry. The boy has been recognized as Mahmoud Abu Haniya by the Palestinian information company Wafa. Local reviews say Haniya was caught up in gunfire by an Israeli army unit and was fatally shot within the again.

• Scotland’s first minister has criticiced the UK authorities for its abstention within the United Arab Emirates-led UN safety council decision that known as for an humanitarian ceasefire on Friday. Humza Yousaf mentioned in a tweet on Saturday: “How can you choose to be complicit in the killing of thousands of children? Shame on the UK Government & Keir Starmer’s Labour Party who refuse to back a #CeasefireNow.”

• The Palestinian international ministry has reported that greater than 130 Palestinian households have been forcibly displaced from Bedouin communities by Israeli forces and extremist Israeli settlers within the West Bank since 7 October. At least 260 Palestinians have been killed within the West Bank by extremist Israeli settlers since then, Palestinian well being minister Mai al-Kaila mentioned.