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šŸ”“Live: UN halts food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies

A World Food Program (WFP) facility stands amid tents housing internally displaced Palestinians, along the coastline in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 10, 2024. Ā© AFP photo

The United Nations said Tuesday it suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to a lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks had entered in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the US for sea deliveries. Spokesperson Abeer Etefa Ā of the UNā€™s World Food Program warned that ā€œhumanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapseā€. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war on Gaza.

Summary:

  • The Biden administrationĀ slammed a decision by the International Criminal CourtĀ (ICC) to request arrest warrants for Israeli Prime MinisterĀ BinyaminĀ Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders. In a statement, the US president said, "whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence ā€“ none ā€“ between Israel and Hamas". Ā 

  • Israel also condemned the decision, with Netanyahu calling the decision a "disgrace".Ā Earlier,Ā Gallant said the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in its efforts to defeat Hamas.

  • France's foreign ministryĀ meanwhileĀ saidĀ that France supported the "independence" of the ICC and "the fight against impunity in all situations".

  • Israeli forces raided a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a doctor, according to local authorities, in some of the deadliest violence in the territory since the war in the Gaza Strip erupted seven months ago.

  • At least 35,647Ā Palestinians have been killed and 79,852Ā woundedĀ in Israelā€™sĀ warĀ in Gaza, according to the health ministry in theĀ Hamas-run territory.Ā Some 1,170 people were killedĀ in theĀ Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, accordingĀ to Israeli figures,Ā with 132 still missing.

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Yesterday's key developments:Ā 

  • The chief prosecutor of the ICC, the world's top war crimes court, sought arrest warrants Monday for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war in Gaza.

  • The court's prosecutor, Karim Khan, accused Netanyahu, Gallant, and three Hamas leaders ā€“ Yehya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh ā€“ of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.

About casualty figures from Gazaā€™s Hamas-run health ministry:

Gazaā€™s health ministry collects data from the enclaveā€™s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.Ā For more on the health ministryā€™s casualty figures, click here.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)Ā 

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