<article data-history-node-id="425890" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/about-28-children-die-daily-gaza-unicef" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/about-28-children-die-daily-gaza-unicef" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">About 28 children die daily in Gaza: Unicef</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Unicef’s Executive Director Catherine Russell said that an average of 28 children are killed daily in Gaza since the war has broken out in 7 October 2023.</p> <p>“A whole a whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” she told the UN security council, adding that more than 17,000 kids have reportedly been killed and 33,000 wounded in the ongoing war.</p> <p>Russell added that malnutrition has surged with nearly 6,000 children acutely malnourished in June. This is a 180 percent increase since February.</p> <p>Food supplies are running out and Gaza civilians are being shot while seeking something to eat, UN Undersecretary-General Tom Fletcher said.</p> <p>“Civilians are exposed to death and injury, forcible displacement, stripped of dignity,” Fletcher told the Security Council.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="424182" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nearly-50-palestinians-killed-monday-morning" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nearly-50-palestinians-killed-monday-morning" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Nearly 50 Palestinians killed since Monday morning </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli shelling has killed 48 people across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Monday, with more than 30 killed at aid distribution points, Al Jazeera reported.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="423380" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/life-imitates-art-game-thrones-star-whose-character-breaks-siege-sets" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/life-imitates-art-game-thrones-star-whose-character-breaks-siege-sets" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘Life imitates art’: Game of Thrones star, whose character breaks siege, sets sail for Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Life has imitated art, one social media user&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/DhammaDoom/status/1929278544082870648" target="_blank">said</a>, as&nbsp;<em>Game of Thrones&nbsp;</em>star Liam Cunningham set sail on a vessel attempting to break the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;siege on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Irish actor joined 11 other activists and public figures on the ship Madleen, which is expected to take seven days to reach the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;enclave.<br> <br> The 12-person Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) crew set off from Catania in Sicily on Sunday, carrying supplies of fruit juices, milk, rice, tinned food and protein bars for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/has-israel-manufactured-famine-in-gaza" target="_blank">starving</a>&nbsp;Palestinians.&nbsp;</p> <p>Users on social media were quick to note that by taking part, Cunningham was doing something reminiscent of Davos Seaworth, his character on the hit fantasy drama series&nbsp;<em>Game of Thrones</em>.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/game-thrones-star-whose-character-breaks-siege-sets-sail-gaza">Cunningham has said that he was “indifferent to any criticisms” levelled at him over his solidarity with Palestinians</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

More than 2,000 people turned out on Saturday, raising $800,000 for mental health services in the besieged enclave

<article data-history-node-id="423392" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-nine-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-nine-palestinians-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest nine Palestinians in the occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="247" data-start="0">Israeli forces have launched a wide-ranging campaign of raids and arrests across various areas of the occupied West Bank, detaining several Palestinians, including the brothers of a wanted man, the Palestinian Prisoners' media office said on Tuesday. Those known to have been arrested include:</p> <ul data-end="866" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="249"> <li data-end="327" data-start="249"> <p data-end="327" data-start="251">Ahmad al-Fasfous – brother of wanted man Mahmoud al-Fasfous – Dura, Hebron</p> </li> <li data-end="406" data-start="328"> <p data-end="406" data-start="330">Nidal al-Fasfous – brother of wanted man Mahmoud al-Fasfous – Dura, Hebron</p> </li> <li data-end="492" data-start="407"> <p data-end="492" data-start="409">Abd al-Salam al-Fasfous – brother of wanted man Mahmoud al-Fasfous – Dura, Hebron</p> </li> <li data-end="528" data-start="493"> <p data-end="528" data-start="495">Shaher al-Sharha – Dura, Hebron</p> </li> <li data-end="589" data-start="529"> <p data-end="589" data-start="531">Mohammad Abd al-Rahman al-Fayyad – town of Ya’bad, Jenin</p> </li> <li data-end="658" data-start="590"> <p data-end="658" data-start="592">Saif Qaraan – Umm al-Sharayet neighbourhood, al-Bireh / Ramallah</p> </li> <li data-end="728" data-start="659"> <p data-end="728" data-start="661">Suhail Shiha – Umm al-Sharayet neighbourhood, al-Bireh / Ramallah</p> </li> <li data-end="799" data-start="729"> <p data-end="799" data-start="731">Ramadan Nazzal Ramadan Ria (28 years old) – Beit Sahour, Bethlehem</p> </li> <li data-end="866" data-is-last-node data-start="800"> <p data-end="866" data-is-last-node data-start="802">Hamza Nazzal Ramadan Ria (30 years old) – Beit Sahour, Bethlehem</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="422069" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/40-palestinians-killed-last-24-hours" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/40-palestinians-killed-last-24-hours" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">40 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza's health ministry is reporting that at least 40 Palestinians have been killed and another 125 wounded in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the last 24 hours.</p> <p>The latest figures have pushed the overall toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza to&nbsp;52,535, with another&nbsp;118,491 injured since October 2023.</p> <p>Of that figure,&nbsp;2,436 Palestinians have been killed and 6,450 injured by Israeli forces since it unilaterally ended the ceasefire on 18 March.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="421410" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/red-cross-outraged-gaza-office-struck-again" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/red-cross-outraged-gaza-office-struck-again" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Red Cross 'outraged' as Gaza office struck again</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="194" data-start="90">The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is “outraged” after an explosion damaged one of its facilities in Gaza on Wednesday—marking the second such incident in under a month.</p> <p data-end="553" data-start="394">“This is the second such incident in three weeks,” the organisation posted on X, noting that another location was previously hit by an Israeli tank shell on 24 March.</p> <p data-end="692" data-start="555">The ICRC did not reveal the specific sites but stressed that the buildings were “clearly marked and regularly notified to all parties.”</p> <p data-end="846" data-start="694">“We condemn in the strongest terms any action that inhibits our ability to do our work and risks the lives of humanitarian workers,” the statement read.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Dozens of members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews warned in an open letter that 'Israel's soul is being ripped out'