Israel’s war on Gaza live news: ‘End this nightmare,’ says UN aid chief

• Israel calls the International Court of Justice (ICJ) binding order to immediately stop its assault on Rafah “outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting”, and says accusations it is committing genocide in Gaza “are false”.
• The UN’s emergency aid chief says Israel’s war on Gaza has been “a tragedy beyond words”, and it must “end this nightmare”. ( @)
• Israeli tanks and troops have advanced into Rafah’s southeast and are moving towards the city’s densely populated western district.
• Egypt agrees to allow UN aid through the crucial Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing after Israeli forces seized the Rafah land route as hunger spreads throughout war-battered Gaza.
• At least 35,857 people have been killed and 80,293 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attack is 1,139, with dozens still held captive.( @)

Israeli strike in Nuseirat refugee camp kills 4: Report

• An Israeli air attack on an apartment building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, has killed at least four people, local media is reporting.( @)

  Elsewhere, an unspecified number of people have been reported killed by an Israeli air attack on a residential building in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City in the north of the territory, according to the Wafa news agency.( @)

  We will bring you updates on both attacks when we have them.

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