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On Wednesday, in the Jabalia refugee camp located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians carried out a rescue operation to free children who were trapped under the debris following an Israeli airstrike that had struck a house.

UN experts warn of risk of genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza An expert group at the UN Human Rights Council is warning that Israel is at risk of committing crimes against humanity in Gaza, CNN reports. "Given statements made by Israeli political leaders and their allies, combined with military interventions in Gaza and escalating arrests and violence in the West Bank, there is also a risk of genocide against Palestinians," they write in a report. The humanitarian situation for the approximately one million IDPs in the Gaza Strip is rapidly deteriorating, the UN warns. The power outage is in its ninth day, and shops' stocks of food will only last a few more days. In addition, access to clean drinking water is "extremely limited" and hospital care is close to collapse. According to Egyptian security sources, the Rafah border crossing is expected to open tomorrow, allowing the first 20 trucks of emergency aid to enter.

The death toll from the hospital explosion in Gaza is at "the lower end of the 100 to 300 range", according to a US intelligence report seen by Reuters. However, the report stresses that the figure could rise, stating that this is a "huge loss of life". It also states that only "light structural damage" was observed at the hospital. Israel claims that a rocket from the Islamic Jihad terrorist group was behind the explosion - a view shared by US intelligence. Hamas and the Palestinian authorities claim it was an Israeli attack. According to Palestinian reports, around 500 people died in the explosion.