This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas for hostage deal
Evening recap
19 March 2024 23:47 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Israeli forces have killed at least 93 Palestinians and wounded 142 more over the past 24 hours in nine "massacres", according to the Palestinian health ministry.
This brings the Palestinian death toll in over five months to more than 31,819, with over 73,934 wounded and an estimated 8,000 missing, believed to be dead and buried under rubble.
The UN Human Rights Office has said that Israeli restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza could amount to a war crime.
In other developments:
- A group of Palestinians responsible for aid supplies and deliveries was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday in northern Gaza city, resulting in the death of at least 23 people.
- Yemen's Houthis have targeted a tanker in the Red Sea and Israel's Eilat region, according to the group's military spokesperson.
- US and Israeli officials are expected to convene in Washington early next week to deliberate on Israel's military activities in Rafah, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Tuesday.
- State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday that the chief and staff of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) should have access to visit their operational areas, including those in Gaza.
- An Israeli air strike, which hit a house in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, resulted in the death of at least 15 people, Palestinian health officials reported on Tuesday.
- A charity based in the United States reported that nearly 200 tons of food aid were delivered to people facing starvation in northern Gaza on Tuesday, one week after it was shipped from the Cypriot port of Larnaca via a sea route.