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Millions of Palestinians are at risk of hunger in Gaza, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warned, as Israel mulls over a US-backed ceasefire proposal in Lebanon.
UNRWA said that more than two million people in the Gaza Strip are at risk of hunger and thirst as aid entry into the enclave does not meet 6 percent of the needs of its residents facing a second consecutive winter in war.
The warning comes as morning strikes by Israel on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah have killed four people, according to a report from Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Further Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp wounded five people. They were transferred to the al-Awda Hospital.
The continued strikes and hunger warning in Gaza come as the Israel debates whether the agree to a US-backed ceasefire proposal in Lebanon that would end its conflict with Hezbollah.
The Israeli cabinet are reported to be meeting on Tuesday, according to an Israeli source speaking with Reuters, following renewed Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, with Hezbollah firing barrages of rockets at northern Israel.
Israel army radio reported on Sunday that Hezbollah fired 340 missiles into Israel with some hitting the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
Heavy fighting was also reported in south Lebanon as the Israeli army continues to press its advance as part of the second phase of its ground invasion.