Poland has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel is legally obligated to lift any blockade preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, calling it "unacceptable" that people are dying while food, medicine, and vital medical supplies are held at the border.

"It is unimaginable that these basic rules are still violated," said Patrycja Grzebyk, representing Poland.

"The situation where people die because, at the border, food is rotting, medicine is expiring, and vital medical equipment has stopped cannot be accepted and cannot be understood."

Israel has closed Gaza's crossings since March 2, blocking essential supplies from entering the enclave despite multiple reports of famine in the war-devastated territory.

The Executive Director of the World Health Organization has said that the "minds and bodies" of children in Gaza were being "broken", following two months of aid blockade and renewed strikes.

"We are breaking the bodies and minds of the children of Gaza. We are starving the children of Gaza. We are complicit."

Deputy Director General Dr Michael Ryan told reporters at the WHO's headquarters in Geneva on Thursday, urging the international community to act. "As a physician, I am angry. It is an abomination," he said.

Hundreds marched through central Stockholm to protest Israel's ongoing attacks on Gaza as part of larger International Workers' Day demonstrations featuring strong messages of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The protest, held in the Odenplan district, saw activists, citizens, and artists call for urgent humanitarian access to Gaza and accountability for what participants described as acts of genocide carried out by Israel.

The march proceeded peacefully toward Segel Torg Square under close police supervision.

Gaza's civil defence agency has said Israeli bombardment killed at least 29 people since midnight in the war-ravaged territory, which has been under Israeli aid blockade for nearly two months.

Civil defence official Mohammed al-Mughayyir said the toll included eight people killed in an air strike on the Abu Sahlul family home in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza.

Four people were killed in an air strike east of Shaaf in Gaza City's Al-Tuffah neighbourhood.

At least 18 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from Israel’s ongoing genocidal war since October 2023 to 52,418, the Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said that 77 more wounded people were also transferred to hospitals, taking the number of injuries to 118,091 in the Israeli onslaught.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Israel's actions against UNRWA mark 'one of the most significant' breaches of UN protections, risk becoming global blueprint for undermining int'l oversight, Pakistan has said at ICJ.

Four people were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon's Marjayoun district as Israel continues its ceasefire violations.

The Lebanese Health Ministry’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre said two Syrian nationals and a Lebanese person were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in the town of Mays al-Jabal.

The statement provided no further details on the identity of the victims.

An Israeli drone attack on a vehicle in Mays al-Jabal, southern Lebanon, killed three civilians, the Health Ministry has reported.

Mexico told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the dehumanisation of Gaza’s population "should not be normalised."

"This is a pivotal moment, not only for the protection of the United Nations and international law but also for the preservation of our shared humanity," said Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico's representative at The Hague.

“The world should not and cannot normalise the dehumanisation of an entire people,” he added.

Mexico urged the court to confirm that all UN members, including Israel, must facilitate humanitarian aid and protect civilians in occupied territories.

The representative argued that the Israel-caused humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a "deliberate choice," and stressed the need for Tel Aviv to comply with international humanitarian law.