Israel-Gaza latest updates: ‘Appalling’ hostage videos spark outcry as UK to evacuate hundreds of ill Palestinian children – UK Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he spoke to Red Cross regional lead, Julien Lerisson, to request help in getting food and medical care to hostages in Gaza.

It comes after videos showed Israeli hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in a visibly fragile state.

“The world cannot remain indifferent to the shocking images,” Netanyahu’s post said.

There are 49 hostages believed still in Gaza, of whom 27 are believed dead.

Israel has been accused of creating a man-made famine in Gaza, which it denies.

In an interrogation room just after 1am, 68-year-old grandmother-of-seven Marji Mansfield was sat across from counter terrorism officers after being arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in central London.

In their latest update, Gaza’s health ministry said the World Health Organisation will deliver trucks carrying blood units and medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza.

These trucks will not contain any food items, the ministry said in a post on Telegram this morning.

A further five adults have died from malnutrition and starvation in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

In total 180 people, including 93 children, have now died from hunger, the ministry said.

We’re back with live coverage of the war in Gaza.

Here are the key updates, bringing you up to speed:

• Hospital sources said at least 33 more Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while seeking food aid
• Aid deliveries continue to be airdropped, with Israel’s military claiming 136 packages were parachuted in by six countries

• The UN Security Council said it would hold a special discussion on the remaining Israeli hostages on Tuesday
• The UK government is planning to evacuate up to 300 seriously ill or injured children for NHS treatment
• Hamas said it would let the Red Cross bring aid to Israeli hostages if Israel opens permanent humanitarian corridors
• That came after Benjamin Netanyahu saw videos of emaciated captives over the weekend and urged the Red Cross to act
• The videos sparked international outcry, including from French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy
• Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, led prayers at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, sparking international condemnation

Israel has closed nearly nine out of 10 investigations into alleged war crimes and abuses by its forces in Gaza and the West Bank without any charges or findings of wrongdoing, according to a report by a conflict monitor.

Data from conflict monitor Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) shows Israel has closed 88 per cent of cases into alleged war crimes and abuses by its forces in Gaza and the occupied West Bank without filing charges or finding wrongdoing.

Relatives of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza have claimed Hamas is starving him after a video in which he appeared emaciated was released.

The video, released on Saturday, showed Evyatar David in a fragile condition in what appears to be a Hamas tunnel.

“We are forced to witness our dear son and brother Evyatar being deliberately and cynically starved in Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza – a living skeleton buried alive. Our son has only a few days left to live in his current condition,” the family said in response.

• Hundreds of seriously ill children from Gaza are set to be evacuated to the UK for treatment by the NHS under a new plan.

• Up to 300 young people will receive free medical care under the scheme, expected to be announced within weeks.

• The initiative comes amid a severe malnutrition crisis in Gaza, where health authorities report 92 children have died from hunger-related causes.

• Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously pledged to evacuate badly injured children, and over 100 MPs have signed a letter supporting the scheme.

• The plan will run in parallel to the privately funded Project Pure Hope, which has so far facilitated medical visas for only three children from Gaza.