UN team visiting Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital found many gunshot injuries after Thursday’s attack, says spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres; US ‘working hard’ for truce deal, says president
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The US will start airdrops of food and emergency supplies into Gaza in the next few days, Joe Biden has announced, amid UN warnings of famine and after Israeli troops opened fire on Gazans seeking food aid.
The use of airdrops is a spectacular but inefficient way of delivering aid, and Friday’s announcement suggests that Biden had given up on being able to persuade Israel in the near future to coordinate a large-scale ground-based relief effort under the threat of mass starvation across Gaza.
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