A UN-World Bank report has placed the infrastructure damage in the Gaza Strip at $18.5bn in the first four months of Israel’s assault.

International condemnation of Israel grows amid calls for an urgent investigation after an Israeli air attack killed seven aid workers – six foreign nationals and a Palestinian – in Gaza.

UN Secretary-General Guterres says the Israeli attack that killed seven World Central Kitchen staff brings the number of aid workers killed in Gaza to 196 – including more than 175 members of UN staff. “This is unconscionable,” Guterres said.

The US says it had no foreknowledge of the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, which killed at least seven people, during a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia.

At least 32,916 Palestinians have been killed and 75,494 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive.

Source: Al Jazeera 

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