The United Nations is facing scrutiny after lowering its counts of Palestinian women and children killed since Israel began bombing Gaza in its seven-month war against Hamas.
Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge on Monday to recapture an area from Hamas fighters, while in the south, tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah, leaving Palestinian civilians scrambling to find safety.
Melinda French Gates said on Monday she is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest private charitable organizations in the world.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration's strongest public criticism yet of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant "a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians" but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters.
