State Department move comes as Israel’s war and induced famine in Gaza reach new extremes, with 61,827 killed so far.

A whistleblower claims World Food Programme and U.N. agencies rejected Israeli security assistance, blocking aid distribution to Gaza despite available supplies as U.N. dismisses accusations.

RAFAH, Egypt (AP) — Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would still need Israel’s approval, as Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll from 22 months of war has passed 62,000.

Thank you to Bernie Sanders (“US must end its complicity in Israel’s annihilation of Gaza,” Opinion, Aug. 2) and Alex de Waal (“A massacre in slow motion: Israel is responsible for mass starvation in Gaza,” Opinion, Aug. 8) for shedding light on the reality of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “war against Hamas” in Gaza.