As Israel pushes on with army operations throughout the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated there may be “a spot between” what Israel agreed to do in its army operations — prioritize lowering noncombatant casualties — and “the precise outcomes that we’re seeing on the bottom.” In Rafah, the southern a part of the enclave that borders Egypt, the U.N. Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported “overcrowded circumstances and lack of fundamental sources” and expressed concern a few potential “breakdown in regulation and order below these circumstances.” The Gaza Well being Ministry stated 350 individuals had been killed within the earlier 24 hours, bringing the entire demise toll to greater than 17,000.
