Lawmakers unanimously condemn Israel's carnage in besieged Gaza and its unprecedented attacks on Iran, calling them threats to regional peace and crimes against humanity.

Hundreds of people have marched to Israel’s embassy in Rome to protest against "Israeli terror" and genocide in Gaza.

They shouted "Stop the Israeli terror" and "Stop the genocide.”

"We are all anti-Zionists, we are all Palestinians," "Zionist Israel is a terrorist state," "Free Gaza, Free Palestine," the crowd also shouted.

Another protest was held in Milan’s Piazza Duomo, where demonstrators chanted "Free Gaza" while carrying Palestinian flags.

"We were collateral damage. Now we are collateral news," wrote Mosab Abu Toha, the acclaimed Palestinian poet who earlier this year won a Pulitzer Prize for his searing essays chronicling the devastation of Gaza.

His words have drawn an indictment of how the world’s gaze has shifted elsewhere, even as death continues to rain down on a besieged population in Gaza.

As Israel and Iran edge closer to all-out war, Abu Toha is among a growing chorus of voices decrying the near-absence of international coverage on the horrors still unfolding in Gaza.

Aid distribution centres in Gaza turned into death traps after Israel opened fire on starving civilians waiting to get humanitarian assistance. Details on this week’s Debrief.

Israeli forces have installed new metal gates between Kifl Hares and Hares villages, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit.

According to WAFA correspondent, soldiers erected a new metal gate on Tuesday evening in the area between the two villages, effectively blocking the only road left for villagers to access the city of Salfit.

Israel has already sealed off the gates at the main entrances of Kifl Hares and Hares, severely restricting the movement of their residents.

Earlier today, forces installed a similar gate at the entrance of Deir Ballout town, west of Salfit.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel’s killing of Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza.

"The secretary general condemns the loss of lives and injuries of civilians in Gaza … once again being shot at while seeking food -- it is unacceptable," spokesperson Farhan Haq said, adding that the UN chief "continues to call for an immediate and independent investigation into all such reports and for accountability to be established."

Reaffirming that Israel, as the occupying power, has "clear obligations under international humanitarian law," Haq stated that Tel Aviv must "agree to and facilitate humanitarian relief for all civilians who need it.

"The basic needs of the Palestinian population in Gaza are enormous and remain unmet," he said, demanding that "the unimpeded entry of humanitarian assistance at scale must be restored immediately." Haq urged for the UN and all humanitarian actors to be "allowed to work in safety and security under conditions of full respect for humanitarian principles."

Gaza's health system is "at a breaking point," the World Health Organization has warned, as Israeli attacks, mass displacement, and blocked humanitarian access push medical services across the enclave toward collapse.

"As global attention shifts to escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, Gaza continues to be decimated - largely out of sight, but not out of danger," Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, told a UN briefing in Geneva.

Only 17 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are currently partially functional, with just four, including Nasser Medical Complex, serving as referral facilities.

Internet and fixed-line communication services were down in central and southern Gaza, the Palestinian Authority has said, as a result of damage to the territory's main fibre optic cable it blamed on Israel.

Its telecommunications ministry reported "a disruption in fixed internet services and landline communications in central and southern areas of Gaza due to a new outage on one of the main routes as a result of the ongoing (Israeli) aggression".

Internet and telecommunications were severed in all of Gaza for more than three days last week after telecoms workers were denied access to a damaged cable, the PA said.

Organisers of a march to the Egyptian border with Gaza said that three participants were abducted by plainclothes officers in Cairo amid a wave of arbitrary detentions, deportations and abuse by security forces.

In a statement, organisers claimed three international participants were forcibly taken from a Cairo cafe by security officers who did not identify themselves. Those named were Jonas Selhi and Huthayfa Abuserriya, both from Norway, and Saif Abukeshek, a Spanish citizen of Palestinian origin and one of the march's organisers.

The statement said that according to Selhi, all three men were blindfolded, beaten and interrogated. Abukeshek, he said, faced especially severe abuse. His whereabouts remain unknown, while Selhi and Abuserriya have since been deported to Norway, organisers said.