The war in Gaza turns 5 months old with a humanitarian catastrophe and stalled negotiations. In 153 days of conflict, there are at least 30,800 dead and 72,298 injured in an uninhabitable Strip.
Hamas abandoned the negotiations in El Cario and the possibilities of an agreement are receding. At least 20 Gazans died in the last two weeks from malnutrition, all of them minors except for a man, Health said. The Supreme Pontiff's demand for an end to violence from the window of the Apostolic Palace.