Seven foreign aid workers killed in Gaza. Japan wants to resume payments to UNRWA.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the rapid closure of the Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera in the country. War in Gaza has reported extensively on the situation since the beginning of the Gaza Strip war in 2009. The UN relief agency UNRwa came under heavy criticism. Some employees were accused of being involved in the Islamist Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7 last year. UN Secretary-General António Guterres promised a comprehensive investigation into the allegations.