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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to access food in Gaza since the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations, the United Nations said on Tuesday. 

- The number of people who have died from famine and malnutrition in Gaza has climbed to 101, the territory’s Ministry of Health said. 

- The World Food Programme (WFP) says hunger in Gaza has reached alarming levels, with a third of the population going days without food due to Israel’s ongoing blockade.

- The highest-ranking Catholic official in the Holy Land, Pierbatista Pizzaballa, has condemned Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as “morally unacceptable” following a visit to the besieged enclave.

- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Tuesday announced that it has lost contact with its own guards that are holding an Israeli soldier, Rom Braslavski, captive in Gaza. 

- The Trump administration announced it will be withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) because the agency admitted Palestine as a member.