Updates: Israel starves Gaza as global condemnation grows

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• The leaders of Germany, France, and the UK call on Israel for “immediate” action to lift the aid blockade on Gaza, as 221 UK lawmakers call on the government to recognise Palestine.
• Gaza hospitals have recorded nine new deaths due to starvation and malnutrition over 24 hours, raising the total number of starvation deaths to 122, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
• Gaza will run out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children by mid-August, UNICEF and humanitarian agencies say.
• French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will formally recognise the State of Palestine in September at the UN General Assembly.
• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 59,676 people and wounded 143,965. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.