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An independent inquiry commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. According to the report released on Tuesday, four of the five genocidal acts found in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention have been carried out in Gaza. The report called on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it.

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), which is caused by a viral or bacterial infection, causes the immune system to attack the body, weakening muscles and progressively paralyzing different parts of the body. The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected 85 cases in the enclave since June. Three of these patients have died, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. The WHO acknowledges that the cause of the disease is not fully understood, but it is being linked to contaminated food or the consumption of untreated water.

The Trump administration announced Saturday that it had paused approvals of visitor visas for people from the Gaza Strip, a key pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States.

The podcast's newly adopted stance on Palestine is notable, specifically addressing the ongoing starvation crisis in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government's actions.

Hani Hammad, an 18-year-old, described his harrowing experience during a chaotic stampede while trying to collect food aid, highlighting the suffocation and panic. He felt he was dying, unable to move amid the frantic crowd as he suffered beneath their feet. He was eventually hospitalized unconscious, placed beside deceased individuals who succumbed to suffocation and gunfire. Hani noted, 'I thought I was one of them,' reflecting on the desperation that drove them to such perilous conditions.

The state department's decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows a failed US campaign to remove her.

A midday airstrike in eastern Gaza City killed 11 people, whose bodies were taken to Al-Ahli Hospital. Another strike near the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza left two dead, according to Al-Awda Hospital.

The recent airstrikes in Khan Younis resulted in over 50 fatalities, marking a second night of significant bombings amid the Israeli military's intensified campaign against Hamas.

The Trump administration's new internal directive calls for comprehensive social media vetting of all U.S. visa applicants with any history of being in the Gaza Strip since 2007.

"This is the last moment to remove Hamas, free all the hostages, and bring an end to the war," Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.