Vivian Balakrishnan meets Jordan counterpart amid Singapore’s humanitarian aid mission for Gaza

HUMANITARIAN AID

The battle began on Oct 7 when Hamas sent soldiers into Israel, killing 1, 200 people, mostly citizens, and seizing 253 victims, according to Israeli counts.

Israel’s ground and air battle has killed more than 31, 500 folks, according to the health department in Hamas- run Gaza. Israel says it has killed at least 13, 000 Hamas people in the Gaza battle.

In the northwest of the Arab enclave, acute malnutrition was escalating on Saturday, according to the main UN aid agency in Gaza.

One in three children under the age of two in northern Gaza is currently acutely malnourished, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA ).

Pleasure flights into Gaza have already begun.

A second shipment into Gaza by the World Central Kitchen, pioneering a fresh water route via Cyprus, arrived on Friday and was away- loaded, the charity said.

According to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, a minute cargo of humanitarian assistance was set to leave by sea from Cyprus on Saturday, while the US and Jordan claimed to have dropped the humanitarian aid.

After Hamas released a new peace plan that included an trade of hostages and prisoners, Israel has stated that it will take a committee to Qatar for further negotiations with mediators.