Israel intensifies attacks in North Gaza, kills 27 across Strip

Israeli attacks have killed 27 Palestinians and wounded 149 in the latest 24-hour reporting period, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.

• One-month-old Ali al-Batran dies from hypothermia in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital a day after his twin brother died from the same cause, the Wafa news agency reports.
• Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, is being held at Sde Teiman army base in Israel, CNN reports. The doctor was arrested on Friday when Israeli forces stormed the hospital and set fire to it.
•  Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounded 108,338 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.