In the past 24 hours, five more people have died due to malnutrition, according to the latest update from the Hamas-run health ministry.

This brings the total malnutrition deaths to 222, it says in its latest update.

The UN's humanitarian agency said on Friday that the amount of aid entering Gaza continues to be "far below the minimum required to meet people's immense needs".

Israel has denied there is starvation in Gaza and accused UN agencies of not picking up aid at the borders and delivering it - the UN's humanitarian agency says it continues to see impediments and delays as it tries to collect aid from Israeli-controlled border zones.

Mohammad al-Khaldi has been named as the sixth journalist killed during the Israeli strike in Gaza City, Reuters news agency reports.

It reports that Khaldi was a local freelance journalist and he was named by medics at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

The other five journalists killed worked for Al Jazeera.

In total, seven people died in the strike, Al Jazeera said.

Anas al-Sharif and another correspondent, Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was struck, the broadcaster said., external

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it had targeted Sharif, alleging he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas".

In a statement, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it "strongly and angrily condemns the acknowledged murder by the Israeli army" of Anas al-Sharif and other journalists.

The press freedom campaign group says he was "one of the most famous journalists from the Gaza Strip [and] the voice of the suffering Israel has imposed on Palestinians in Gaza".

It calls for an "urgent end" to "Israel’s media blackout strategy, aimed at masking the crimes committed by its army for more than 21 months in the besieged and starved Palestinian enclave".

Martin Roux, who heads the organisation's crisis desk, this morning told the BBC News Channel that it is "terrifying" that Israel has given "itself the right to kill journalists when it decides that they are terrorists".

"I don't know how we can continue functioning normally," Roux says.

Israel says it has evidence that Anas al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, evidence that the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen says is "unconvincing". Israel is yet to comment on Sharif's colleagues who were also killed in the strike.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says 186 journalists have been killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in October 2023.

Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

The Israeli military suggests it has a large trove of documents found in Gaza which confirmed that Anas al-Sharif belonged to Hamas and served as the leader of a cell.

It says these include “personnel rosters, lists of terrorist training courses, phone directories and salary documents".

But all that has been released for publication are some screenshots of spreadsheets apparently listing Hamas operatives from the Northern Gaza Strip, noting injuries to Hamas operatives and a section of what is said to be a phone directory for the armed group’s East Jabaliya battalion.

The BBC cannot independently verify these documents.

It is also important to say that no Israeli explanation has so far been given for the killing of the entire Al Jazeera news crew.

Local journalists have told us that they were not often all together but that the Israeli drone strike took place just after they had gathered in the tent.

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Funeral processions have been under way for the journalists killed in an Israeli strike last night.

Al Jazeera reports that the bodies of their journalists have been carried from the al-Shifa Medical Complex, where they were killed, to their homes ahead of being buried.

Photos show streets lined with crowds to pay their respects to the men.

Al Jazeera's managing editor Mohamed Moawad tells the BBC that journalist Anas al-Sharif was "the only voice" for the world to know what was happening in the Gaza Strip.

Speaking of the five journalists killed in an Israeli strike, Moawad notes that "they died where they slept" between assignments.

Moawad says it is "shocking" that the Israeli military is targeting journalists whose work has been corroborated by news organisations around the globe.

Moawad says his colleagues, and Al Jazeera as a whole, have been subject to "a smear campaign" by the Israeli government since the start of the war.

Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have often accused Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for Hamas.

Asked about Sharif's alleged links to Hamas, Moawad rejected such accusations, adding: "Anas was doing one thing, he was reporting and giving voice to the voiceless inside the city of Gaza."

"He is the only voice left inside Gaza City," he adds.

The Israeli government does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely, so many outlets rely on Gaza-based reporters for coverage.

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Jeremy Bowen
International Editor

The Israeli military is saying that it targeted Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif in a strike because he was a "terrorist". In a statement, it alleges the existence of documents which "unequivocally prove" this affiliation.

Yet this claim goes against Sharif's long record as a journalist.

Sharif, who was Palestinian, was part of a team already working for Al Jazeera in Gaza before 7 October, before Israel closed the gates of Gaza to people like myself.

Israel alleges that Sharif was a terrorist, and the IDF produced a graphic claiming to show Hamas activity. I have seen it and it is not convincing.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 186 journalists have been killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

This is something deeply concerning to all of those journalists who have been doing heroic work in Gaza.

They've been targeted before, but the killing of these five journalists is absolutely Israel doubling down on its allegations as well - which Al Jazeera have refuted, dismissed and denounced.

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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 186 journalists have been confirmed killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza in October 2023.

The CPJ says it has been the deadliest period for journalists since it began recording such data in 1992.

"Journalists in Gaza face extreme, often fatal risks as they try to cover the war, including relentless Israeli airstrikes, the destruction of most of the territory’s infrastructure, the forced displacement of 90% of Gaza’s population, trauma and widespread famine," it said in a statement on Sunday.

Last month, the BBC and three other news agencies - Reuters, AP and AFP - issued a joint statement expressing "desperate concern" for journalists in the Strip, who they say are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.

Three freelancers whom the BBC relies on for its coverage said they often go days without eating, and one collapsed during filming.

More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have warned of mass starvation in Gaza. Israel, which controls the entry of aid supplies into Gaza, has accused the charities of "serving the propaganda of Hamas".

The killing of Anas al-Sharif, fellow Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa has drawn wide condemnation.

After Israel's attack, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said: "Israel’s pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom."

The CPJ added that journalists are civilians and "must never be targeted", calling for those responsible to be "held accountable".

Before Sharif was killed by Israel, the CPJ and the UN had condemned threats against him.

A UN expert on press freedom said there is "growing evidence" journalists in Gaza have been "targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of unsubstantiated claims that they were Hamas terrorists".

"On the one hand, Israel refuses to allow any international journalists to enter Gaza, and on the other, it ruthlessly smears, threatens, obstructs, targets and kills the few local journalists remaining as the only eyes of the outside world on the ongoing genocide," UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression Irene Khan said.

As we've been reporting, the Israeli government does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely.

It means many outlets rely on Gaza-based reporters for coverage.

But yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a directive had been in place for two days instructing the military to bring in foreign journalists.

He said he thinks "it can be done", despite security issues.

He also said that international press have bought into what he describes as Hamas propaganda "hook, line and sinker".

Israel has previously cited security concerns as to why it would not allow international journalists into Gaza, saying they could be at risk and endanger its military.

The IDF has previously escorted journalists into Gaza for a few hours at a time, and requested to review the footage taken.

Last year, more than 50 high-profile journalists sent an open letter calling for "free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media".

The director of Al Jazeera English, Salah Negm, has been speaking with the BBC this morning.

He tells BBC's Newsday programme it is "not surprising" that Israel alleges Anas al-Sharif was a member of Hamas, but says "they have not proved anything".

He says it is "ridiculous" that Israel continues to call journalists in Gaza "terrorists".

Negm says Al Jazeera knows the background and training of its journalists, and "we know the product they’re giving us, and we examine it from several sources, including what you’re reporting on the BBC".

"I have been in journalism for about 40 years... and I saw people covering wars and there were victims, but not deliberate murders like this, and people who commit the murders escape unpunished".

He says this gives journalists "determination to continue doing our jobs".

A reminder, Israel claims it has proof Sharif was affiliated with Hamas.

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

Palestine is a state that does and does not exist.

It has a large degree of international recognition, diplomatic missions abroad and teams that compete in sporting competitions, including the Olympics.

But due to the Palestinians' long-running dispute with Israel, it has no internationally agreed boundaries, no capital and no army.

Due to Israel's military occupation, in the West Bank, the Palestinian authority, set up in the wake of peace agreements in the 1990s, is not in full control of its land or people. Gaza, where Israel is also the occupying power, is in the midst of a devastating war.

Given its status as a kind of quasi-state, recognition is inevitably somewhat symbolic. It will represent a strong moral and political statement but change little on the ground.

The State of Palestine is currently recognised by 147 of the UN's 193 member states.

At the UN, it has the status of a "permanent observer state", allowing participation but no voting rights.

France, the UK, Canada and now Australia are now proposing to recognise Palestine when the UN General Assembly meets in September.

• Read more on this from our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the media yesterday, doubling down on his plans to occupy Gaza City. Israel has "no choice" but to continue, he said, adding that operations will move "fairly quickly".

Netanyahu also said Israel was not starving people in Gaza, claiming "hundreds of trucks" of aid have entered the region. Hours before, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry had reported five further malnutrition deaths from Saturday to Sunday.

While Netanyahu spoke, the UN Security Council hosted an emergency meeting in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East.

Israel's plan is a "path to more bloodshed", said ambassador James Kariuki, the UK's deputy permanent representative to the UN.

The UN's Palestinian representative told members that statements of support are "not sufficient".

The UK, who requested the meeting, released a statement alongside Denmark, France, Greece and Slovenia, condemning Israel's expansion plans.

"This plan risks violating international humanitarian law," the European countries wrote.

On Monday, Australia became the latest country to announce it will recognise a Palestinian state. It will do so in September at the United Nations General Assembly, the prime minister said.

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Let's bring you some more developments now.

Australia has become the latest country to announce it will recognise a Palestinian state, intending to do so at the UN General Assembly in September.

"A two-state solution is humanity's best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Albanese said Australia received commitments from the Palestinian Authority including to demilitarise, hold general elections and continue to recognise Israel's right to exist.

Australia follows the UK, France and Canada who have all made similar moves. Meanwhile, Spain, Ireland and Norway recognised a Palestinian state last year.

Israel, under increasing pressure to end the war in Gaza, has repeatedly said that recognising a Palestinian state "rewards terrorism".

The Israeli ambassador to Australia said in a statement that Albanese's decision "elevates the position of Hamas".

Shortly after his death, a post was published on Anas al-Sharif's X account, seemingly by a friend.

In his "will and final message", the Al Jazeera correspondent says he "gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people".

"I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification," he writes.

Sharif also pays tribute to the "people of Palestine" - the "jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world".

"I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace.

"Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls."

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The Israeli military has acknowledged it targeted Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of being a "terrorist" who was affiliated with a Hamas unit responsible for firing rockets at Israel.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces says it has documents which "unequivocally prove" his "military affiliation" with Hamas, including "personnel rosters, lists of terrorist training courses, phone directories, and salary documents".

"The documents once again confirm his involvement in terrorist activities, from which the Al Jazeera network has attempted to disassociate itself," the IDF says.

Israel published these allegations against Sharif late last year, which both he and Al Jazeera denied.

Following his death, an Israeli military spokesman reshared images of Sharif, which the IDF previously said showed him taking a photograph with senior Hamas officials.

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In its statement condemning Israel's military, Al Jazeera says: "This attack comes amid the catastrophic consequences of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has seen the relentless slaughter of civilians, forced starvation, and the obliteration of entire communities."

The killing of the journalists "is a desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impeding seizure and occupation of Gaza", the statement continues.

The broadcaster, based in Qatar, pays tribute to "another group of its finest journalists" and says it holds the Israeli military responsible for "deliberately targeting" journalists.

"Anas and his colleagues were among the last remaining voices from within Gaza", who showed the "harrowing truth" in the region, it says.

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Alongside Anas al-Sharif were fellow correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, Al Jazeera says.

They were in a tent for journalists near the main gate at Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital, the broadcaster adds.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it targeted Sharif, saying he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas".

The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists who were killed.

Al Jazeera's managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, told the BBC that Sharif was an accredited journalist who was "the only voice" for the world to know what was happening in the Gaza Strip.

In two graphic videos of the aftermath of the strike, which have been confirmed by BBC Verify, men can be seen carrying the bodies of those who were killed.

Some shout out Qreiqeh's name, and a man wearing a media vest says that one of the bodies is that of Sharif.

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Five journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli strike, in what the broadcaster says was a "targeted strike" near Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital.

Among those killed was high-profile correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who Israel has accused of being a member of Hamas.

Al Jazeera says the killings of their staff, including another correspondent and three camera operators, was "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom".

The broadcaster denies its reporters are affiliated with Hamas.

After his death, a friend appears to have published a final statement on his X account, which said he had "never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification".

Israel has been accused of targeting Palestinian journalists in Gaza, which it denies. International journalists are not permitted to report freely from there, so they rely on Gazan reporters for coverage.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 186 journalists have been confirmed killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza in October 2023.

Stay with us as we bring you the latest lines.

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Ambassadors at an emergency meeting of the UN's Security Council have warned Israel about the danger of expanding a military offensive in Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered no sign of compromise during a bullish news conference this afternoon.

Netanyahu says Israel "has no choice" but to expand its offensive, alleging that Hamas still has strongholds in Gaza City and the "central camps".

And the PM denied that Israel had a starvation policy in Gaza, attacking global media for publishing images of malnourished children that he decried as "Hamas propaganda".

At least 217 people have died of malnutrition in Gaza since the war began, including 100 children, external, Gaza's Hamas-run healthy ministry has said. There is significant and mounting evidence of malnutrition in the Strip.

As Netanyahu spoke, UN ambassadors in New York debated Israel's new offensive. The UK, France, and other European countries warned that Israel "risks violating international humanitarian law", external with its planned occupation of Gaza City.

Domestically, Netanyahu also faces rising pressure, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets Saturday against the planned offensive.

We'll be pausing our live coverage for now. If you want to read more on today's developments, please head to our news story. Thanks for joining us.