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Israel-Gaza war: Israel takes control of Gaza hospital as UN warns of famine in north - BBC News Israel-Gaza war: Israel takes control of Gaza hospital as UN warns of famine in north - BBC News
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Thank you for joining our coverage of the latest developments in Israel and Gaza. Here's a reminder of the main updates from today:
The Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after an operation to "thwart terrorist activity"
The IDF said it killed 20 "terrorists", including a senior commander of Hamas's internal security force, and detained dozens of suspects
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry accused Israel of committing a war crime
Meanwhile, a UN agency warned that famine was "imminent" in northern Gaza, with around 70% of the 300,000 people living there experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger
The head of the UN's Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, has been denied entry into Gaza, the organisation says
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call today to discuss how to increase aid to Gaza, and Israel's goals in its war with Hamas
You can read more about how Gaza faces a famine during Ramadan - the holy month of fasting - here.
Human Rights Watch says Israel could change the impending threat of famine in Gaza if it allowed more aid and humanitarian supplies to enter the Strip, adding that "the ball is in Israel's court".
Sari Bashi, its programme director, says: "This can change tomorrow. The Israeli military can open up adequate routes, and commit itself to providing the security needed to deliver food," she tells the BBC.
She says that because the Israeli military is an occupying power in Gaza, it's not only obligated to facilitate humanitarian supplies, it's also obligated to bring them.
"The Israeli military should not be bargaining how much food to let into Gaza in exchange for hostages, and Hamas and Islamic Jihad should not be bargaining how many hostages to release in exchange for food."
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