Netanyahu says Israel intends to take full control of Gaza as crucial security meeting begins

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.

Today, local hospitals said at least 42 have been killed.

Of those, at least 13 were said to be trying to get aid in an Israeli military zone in southern Gaza, where UN aid convoys are regularly overwhelmed by desperate crowds and looters.

Another two were killed on roads leading to nearby sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to Nasser Hospital.

Neither the GHF nor the Israeli military has commented on the strikes or shootings.

The UN and independent experts view the health ministry’s figures as the most reliable estimate of casualties, while Israel has disputed them without offering its own toll.