Recap

Hello MEE readers. If you are just joining us today for our live coverage of the war in Gaza, here are some updates from the past several hours:

• The UN General Assembly is expected to convene for a vote today on an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

• The international charity Save the Children has said that one of its staff members and their family were killed in an Israeli air strike. 

• There is some difference of opinion on what a post-Hamas Gaza scenario would look like if Israel achieves its military objectives in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement aimed at US President Joe Biden that he hopes "we will come to an agreement here".

• White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he is going to discuss with Israeli officials their timetable for the war in Gaza, as well as a post-war plan for Gaza.

• In another humanitarian concern in Gaza, a report from Reuters said that there are a growing number of children being orphaned in the enclave since the start of the war. 

• Only 11 of Gaza's hospitals remain "partially functional", according to the World Health Organisation.

• Israeli forces have launched a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital after laying siege to it for several days.

• Twenty Israeli soldiers who were killed in Gaza died from friendly fire, according to new data from the Israeli army.