Iran Press/ West Asia: The number of victims of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip increased to 34,596, another 77,816 people were injured," the ministry said in a statement.
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israel “impeded” and “denied” a significant number of aid missions to northern Gaza in April, and that despite the opening of a new aid crossing, six months of starvation cannot be ended without a consistent supply of aid.
Tensions remain high at UCLA, where riot police appear set to storm a pro-Palestinian encampment and remove hundreds of protesters.
UNICEF chief Catherine Russell said 600,000 Palestinian children are “crammed into Rafah” and an Israeli ground invasion would bring “catastrophe on top of catastrophe”.
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