At least 128 journalists have been killed and 35 reported injured in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The renewed fighting in the north also threatens the second phase of the U.N.-led polio vaccination campaign in Gaza. "Children are as ever, the first & most to suffer," Lazzarini said.

An Israeli strike on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said.