BBCNEWS BBC July 2, 2024
since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city — saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who's been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out o...