The United Nations humanitarian office says it is in "deep and advanced negotiations with all relevant sides" to open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza "as quickly as possible".It is Friday morning in Israel and Gaza, and now the 14th day of this war. Here's a wrap of the main developments from today:Egypt needs support to handle those fleeing Gaza
"They underlined the imperative of avoiding any escalation in the violence across the region and agreed that leaders had a responsibility to do everything possible to prevent it," Sunak's office said in statement.Israel faces a tough battle in the impending ground offensive in Gaza, but has been planning and training, with some of the highest level of experience at urban operations.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health says 13 people, including five children, have been killed by Israeli forces in a refugee camp in the West Bank. The incident comes amid rising violence in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory separate to Gaza, where officials say more than 70 people have been killed since the war broke out two weeks ago.Israel plans to evacuate residents from the town of Kiryat Shmona near its border with Lebanon, the Defense Ministry has announced.
In the talks, Mr Sunak will stress "the imperative of avoiding regional escalation and preventing the further unnecessary loss of civilian life", his office said. Rafah, the border crossing into Gaza that Egypt had promised to open on Friday, is a few dozen kilometres to the east.It is the only crossing into the blockaded Palestinian territory that is not controlled by Israel.
"Everything is being done in extremely poor conditions, with a shortage of staff, drugs and medical equipment. There are constant flows of patients and seriously injured people, with complex trauma wounds, burns, fractures and crushed limbs." "This is the right thing to do, not allow them to get back to power — it doesn't mean you need to eradicate many Palestinians, I hope it will be done very carefully."
When asked if a ground invasion was collective punishment, he said he wasn't a spokesman for the government which he "detested". "We continue to work with partners to assist the departure of Australians who want to leave Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories," she said.Reporting by Lara Stimpson and Charmayne Allison
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