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The World Health Organization has warned that Gaza’s health system is nearing collapse amid Israel’s intensified military operations.

As Israel expands its assault in Gaza, the United Nations has warned that 14,000 babies will die in the next 48 hours if aid doesn’t reach them now.

The United Nations say aid groups have collected humanitarian aid carried by about 90 trucks, out of a total of nearly 200 that have entered Gaza since Israel began allowing limited goods in earlier this week.

Pope Leo XIV called for Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid into Gaza during his first General Audience.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Friday said Israel has only authorized for Gaza what "amounts to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required" and again signaled that the U.N. won't take part in a new U.

An initiative driven by Trump and Netanyahu aims to take control of all humanitarian action to feed more than two million Gazans, displacing the United Nations

The UN AIDS agency on Wednesday welcomed comments by Elon Musk that the Trump administration could take a new look at funding cuts for AIDS prevention programs.