US vetoes ceasefire as north Gaza starves

 from al Jazeera

• US envoy to UN uses third veto in Security Council to kill Algeria’s ceasefire resolution, saying it would harm truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
• World Food Programme has paused aid delivery in north Gaza, citing chaos caused by starvation and the “breakdown of social order”.
• Dozens of European countries call for an “immediate” pause in the Gaza war and renew warnings against Israel’s threatened ground assault on Rafah.
• The US has proposed a UN Security Council measure that would call for a “temporary” ceasefire in a rival measure to the Algerian proposal that would urge ending Israel’s war on Gaza.
• At least 29,092 Palestinians have been killed and 69,028 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry says.

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