Gaza update: Netanyahu knocks back Hamas peace plan while the prospect of mass famine looms ever larger
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Unfortunately for many of the 1.7 million people reportedly displaced by Israel’s four-month onslaught in Gaza, this is where more than a million of them have taken refuge, according to the latest estimates.