UN says Israel has eased some restrictions in Gaza, allowing 100 truckloads of aid to be collected, but warns the amount is not enough to “stave off famine and a catastrophic health crisis”. Authorities in Gaza say six more Palestinians, including two children, have starved to death, bringing the total toll from hunger to 133 since Israel’s war began.

Israeli forces have killed 63 people in Gaza, despite announcing plans for what it called daily humanitarian pauses to allow aid in. The victims included 34 aid seekers. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 59,733 people and wounded 144,477. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.

As we’ve been reporting, Israel has continued to bomb Gaza despite implementing “humanitarian pauses” in certain areas. On Sunday alone, Israeli forces killed 63 Palestinians, including 34 aid seekers. And while some aid did trickle in, it is not enough to stem the starvation crisis gripping the enclave.

Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief, is urging participants in an upcoming conference on Palestinian statehood in New York to ramp up pressure on Israel to end the “carnage” in Gaza. “Every day, we are watching the unspeakable tragedy in Gaza and the West Bank with horror and frustration,” Turk said in a video statement.

“I urge governments to use the opportunity of this conference for concrete action that puts all possible pressure on the Israeli government to end the carnage in Gaza permanently,” he said. “Countries that fail to use their leverage may be complicit in international crimes,” he added. The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, will begin in New York on Monday and continue until Wednesday.