Live updates: Israel's genocidal war on besieged Gaza enters its 400th day

Saturday, November 9, 2024

02:00 GMT — Israel's war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza has entered its 400th day.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 43,500 Palestinians, 70 percent of them women and children, and wounded over 102,700 others, according to local health authorities.

Analysts say the estimate is conservative and the actual death toll could be around or beyond 200,000, as thousands of Palestinians remain missing or buried under debris of bombed homes and shops. Another 10,000 have been abducted and jailed at Israeli torture sites.

Hawkish premier Benjamin Netanyahu has scuttled all efforts led by the US, Egypt, and Qatar to reach a ceasefire and prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas resistance group.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its annihilation campaign in Gaza, where its has uprooted almost all 2.4 million people and continues to starve tens of thousands by blocking crucial aid.

The Biden administration, which has given Israel billions of dollars in monetary and military backing, has been accused of being "complicit" in Gaza genocide.

01:00 GMT — Famine imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli occupation forces are conducting a major invasion, hunger experts warned.

An alert issued by the four experts called the humanitarian situation throughout the war-torn Gaza "extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating" and worst in the north.

The Famine Review Committee warned that "famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future."

The committee's four independent experts are part of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, which is made up of a network of 15 UN and other organisations that monitor global hunger and food security.

The experts said all actors in the war in Gaza must take immediate action "within days not weeks … to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation."