Israel’s war on Gaza updates: US confirms humanitarian aid airdrops

The US confirms that it has airdropped 38,000 meals to Gaza in coordination with Jordan, but experts say the aid does not make up for Israeli restrictions on the transfer of food into the enclave via land crossings.

At least 11 killed and 50 wounded after Israeli air attack on a tent housing displaced people next to the entrance of a hospital in Rafah City, the Health Ministry says.

At least 17 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes targeting three houses in Deir el-Balah and Jabalia.

A United Nations team has found many injured in Thursday’s Israeli attack on Palestinians awaiting food aid have gunshot wounds. The director of al-Awda Hospital says 80 percent of the wounded brought to the hospital had been shot. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announces that the death toll from the food aid “massacre” has risen to 118.

At least 30,320 people have been killed and 71,533 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.