US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Israel launching a major ground operation in Rafah would be a 'mistake'.
US President Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first phone call in a month, amid warnings of an 'imminent famine' in northern Gaza. It comes as a group of aid agencies warned that an estimated 70% of the population in northern Gaza faced catastrophic hunger, and that virtually everyone in the besieged strip is struggling to get enough food.
Aid agencies say they have struggled to get enough aid in because of a burdensome Israeli process to import humanitarian aid, and that the continuing conflict has made distribution in the north of Gaza virtually impossible. Israel says there are 'no limits on the amount of aid that can go into Gaza'. The US and other countries have carried out airdrops in recent days and a sea corridor has just opened up.
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