Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll climbs after truce ends
Nearly 200 people have been killed in Gaza after a seven-day truce collapsed, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. Israel has urged civilians to leave parts of south Gaza to avoid the fighting. Follow DW for more.
UN says Israel will not renew top envoy's visa
Israel has told the United Nations it will not renew a visa for the top UN humanitarian aid official for Gaza and the West Bank.
Lynn Hastings, who is based in Jerusalem, has served as the deputy special coordinator for the Middle East peace process and UN humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory for almost three years.
"We've been informed by the Israeli authorities that they would not renew the visa of Miss Hastings past its due date at some point later this month," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.
In late October, the Israeli Foreign Ministry criticized Hastings sharply on X, formerly Twitter, saying: "According to UN ethics, she is supposed to be impartial and objective, but unfortunately she is neither.
"Hastings' dangerous rhetoric endangers innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians," the ministry wrote.
Dujarric did not mention the Israeli Foreign Ministry but said Hastings had faced some "public attacks" online that "were utterly unacceptable."
"The secretary-general is full confidence in Ms. Hastings, the way she's conducted herself and the way she's done her, her work, being the humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory is challenging work, to say the least, both in terms of the humanitarian situation — and the political situation," he added.
Israel did not immediately respond to Dujarric's remarks.
US says humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza to resume
The United States said Israel would allow some humanitarian assistance to flow again into Gaza.
Trucks carrying aid through Egypt's Rafah border crossing were prevented from entering Gaza when hostilities with Hamas resumed on Friday morning.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby, however, said the US asked Israel to allow aid to resume and it looks like deliveries would be allowed after stringent inspections.
But he also said that the number of deliveries would likely be reduced.
"We want to see it restored at the level it had risen to during the pause," he said.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli government.
