Israel-Gaza latest: Netanyahu says all of Gaza will be under Israeli control ‘in the end’

UN says it has been unable to distribute food to Gaza despite Israel lifting an 11-week blockade

Few aid trucks enter Gaza after Israel's nearly three-months complete blockade

Benjamin Netanyahu has said that all of the Gaza Strip will be under Israeli security control “in the end”, as dozens more Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks.

On Wednesday, the Israeli prime minister told a press conference that the entire enclave would come under Israeli control eventually, and that Israel had probably killed Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar after a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month.

The statement comes as Netanyahu is facing growing international pressure, as the UN warns no humanitarian aid has reached starving Palestinians in Gaza yet - even after an 11-week blockade was lifted this week.

Hospital officials said on Wednesday that a newborn baby and several women are among at least 82 people who have been killed in Gaza after Israeli strikes overnight.

A nurse has said conditions at Nasser Hospital are “beyond critical” and the hospital that was once a “major lifeline” is now barely functioning.

“Many patients die simply because we cannot treat them in time,” the nurse, called Ahmad, told The Independent.

Meanwhile, the UK government is facing pressure to sanction ministers in Israel’s government.

Key Points

• Israel draws outcry from Europe as soldiers fire near diplomats on West Bank visit
• All of Gaza will ultimately come under Israeli control, Netanyahu says
• British surgeon in Gaza says it is now 'slaughterhouse' as 14,000 babies at risk of dying
• ‘No flour, no food, no water’: Israel continues to pound Gaza as aid still struggles to get through

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In pictures: a snapshot of life in Gaza

Palestinian children share a meal of rice as a baby sleeps, inside a tent at a displacement camp near Gaza City's port on Thursday (AFP via Getty Images)

A Palestinian man near tents set up inside a destroyed building near Gaza City's port (AFP via Getty Images)

A Palestinian man washes a young boy, between tents at a displacement camp (AFP via Getty Images)

A Palestinian boy scrapes off bits of lentil soup remaining in a cooking pot, in front of a food distribution point at a displacement camp (AFP via Getty Images)