The United Nations says it’s no longer able to distribute food aid in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. The humanitarian crisis has escalated over the past two weeks since Israel launched an incursion into Rafah, vowing to root out Hamas fighters. Troops closed the vital Rafah crossing into Egypt. Small numbers of aid trucks continue to enter northern Gaza via a crossing from Israel. Elsewhere in northern Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry says patients and staff were forced to evacuate after one of the last functioning hospitals there, after it came under fire from Israeli forces.
