The IDF says it killed a "Hamas financier" called Subhi Ferwana in a "targeted operation" in the middle of Rafah.

As we've been reporting, the Hamas-run health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in Rafah after Israeli strikes, but the IDF's statement doesn't specifically address this.

The Israeli army statement reads: "Hamas's military wing depends on these funds transferred to them via financiers and its capabilities are consequently diminished without them.

"Ferwana transferred funds to Hamas’s military wing during the war and was aware that these funds would be vital for continuing the wing’s ability to fight."

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Sir John Sawyers, a former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service and former permanent representative of the UK to the United Nations, has been speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today ahead of an expected UN vote calling for some kind of ceasefire.

Sawyers said there has been a change of mood in the UN, which has been brought about "by the continued deaths of Palestinian civilians and of course the tragic shooting of three Israeli hostages by their own side".

Asked whether the UK could have a public difference from the US on the security council, Sawyers recalled the last security council vote on the situation in Gaza - where US vetoed and the UK abstained.

The draft resolution originally called for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities", to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazans. But reports say that the language may be watered down to a "suspension" of hostilities, to get US backing.

Sawyers said diplomats drafting the resolution are doing what they can to at least get an American abstention – which would allow it to pass.

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As we've been reporting, the Hamas-run health ministry says at least 20 people were killed after Israeli strikes hit residential buildings in Rafah.

In recent weeks, tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Rafah city in the south of the Gaza Strip as a result of intensified fighting in the southern city of Khan Younis.

The mass displacement of Gaza's population has meant that Rafah city, which is on the border with Egypt, has turned into a vast camp.

According to the UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), overcrowding in the city means 486 people are sharing one toilet, on average, in Rafah shelters.

Access to humanitarian aid across the strip has been limited with the movement of people and aid in and out of Gaza tightly controlled since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October.

On Sunday, crowds of people trying to get hold of vital supplies stormed vehicles carrying aid into Rafah. Dozens of people scrambled to salvage scattered aid boxes lining the middle of the road.

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Jonathan Beale
Defence correspondent

A defence chief is among a group of former senior military figures and British diplomats who are calling on the UK government to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In a letter to the UK's foreign Secretary, they say the UK’s failure to back an immediate ceasefire is "strategically ill-advised and morally indefensible".

The signatories of the letter include the former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Lord David Richards, former UK ambassadors to Arab nations, consul-generals to Jerusalem, and a former director of defence diplomacy at the Ministry of Defence.

They say an international consensus for a ceasefire in Gaza is overwhelming – with the US and the UK increasingly isolated. Conventional wisdom, they say is clear – that political solutions stops conflict and an aerial bombardment does not.

As well as Lord Richards, those who’ve signed the letter include Sir William Patey – a former ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, and Brigadier John Deverell – the former head of defence diplomacy at the Ministry of Defence.

We have more information on the Rafah situation which we mentioned earlier. Palestinian outlets are reporting that dozens of people were killed by Israeli air strikes in the southern Gazan city on Tuesday.

News agency Wafa said among those killed was a Palestinian journalist named Adel Zourub as well as his family members. It is not yet known which news outlet Zourub worked for.

At least 64 journalists and media workers, external have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began on 7 October, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Sunday. The vast majority of them are Palestinian.

Elsewhere, bombardments of central and southern Gaza cities like Bureij and Khan Younis have also continued overnight.

We are also seeing reports of raids in cities of the occupied West Bank, including Jenin and Nahalin.

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It's just after 10:00 in Gaza and Israel and if you are just joining us, here are the latest developments on the ground as the war enters its 74th day:

• In southern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says at least 20 people were killed after overnight Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, which hit residential buildings

• Tens of thousands of people have fled to the city, which lies on the enclave's border with Egypt, since the start of the war. The mass migration follow intense fighting in northern Gaza and, more recently, in the southern city of Khan Younis

• The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a new Gaza ceasefire resolution later today amid growing international pressure to reduce the civilian death toll
• The council's new bid for a pause in fighting comes 10 days after a previous attempt which was blocked by one of Israel's biggest allies - the US

The US says that ten countries have agreed to form a coalition to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea.

The Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen has intensified attacks on shipment in the Red Sea, a major corridor for international trade. The groups says that the attacks are a reaction to Israeli strikes on Gaza.

The group targeted two more vessels on Monday.

The US defence department said it a statement that the UK, Canada, Bahrain, France, Norway, Spain and the Seychelles are among ten nations that will operate under the banner of Operation Prosperity Guardian, in order to ensure that all commercial ships navigate freely,

The decision comes after oil giant BP announced it would pause all shipments through Red Sea.

At least 20 people have been killed in the southern Gazan city of Rafah after overnight strikes in the region, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

According to Gazan officials, Israeli missiles and air strikes hit three residential buildings.

Tens of thousands of Gazans are sheltering in Rafah, which borders Egypt in the south of the strip, as Israeli forces ordered civilians to flee ever further south with intense fighting in the Gaza's second city of Khan Younis.

Jonathan Head
South East Asia correspondent

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"Am I lucky or unlucky?" Wichian Temthong pondered the question. "I guess I'm lucky, because I'm still here, still alive."

The 37-year-old farm worker is one of 23 Thai hostages who were released by Hamas last month. Now Wichian is back in Thailand, living in a small room in an industrial suburb south of Bangkok with his wife Malai.

While he survived, three young Israeli men he met in captivity did not. They were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli soldiers.

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He found out that Yotam was a drummer, and Sammy loved riding his motorbike, and worked in a chicken farm. Wichian tried to teach them some Thai words. Wichian said two of the Israelis were in the tunnel with him from day one. The third joined them on 9 October.

• You can read more about Wichian's story here.

Two soldiers were killed in northern Gaza on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in their latest update.

In the same update, the IDF said two of its fighters from the Golani Brigade's 13th battalion were seriously injured in the south of the enclave.

Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

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Voting at the UN Security Council was pushed back to try to avoid another veto by the US, Israel’s closest ally.

The draft resolution originally called for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities", to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazans. But reports say that the language may be watered down to a "suspension" of hostilities, to get US backing.

The move comes after US and Israeli intelligence chiefs met the prime minister of Qatar – which acts as a mediator with Hamas - to try to secure the release of more Israeli hostages. It's the first known meeting since a week-long ceasefire broke down last month.

Last night, three elderly men were shown in a new Hamas video. One said they were "suffering greatly", pleading for Israel to bring them home. The Israel military said the video was "despicable".

A logistics coordinator for medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said he saw people collecting rotting corpses off the streets of Gaza, while working in the enclave recently.

The ceasefire in the last week of November provided a respite for Gazans to spend a few days with their loved ones, while some tried to bury the dead.

"Many went to collect the corpses of people whose bodies were rotting in the streets – some for almost two months. Can you imagine the smell and the pain?" said Ricardo Martinez in MSF's latest report.

He added that the lack of water and sanitation in Gaza could soon be as deadly as the bombings. The water system has "completely collapsed" and there is no fuel or electricity, he said.

Staying alive in Gaza is a matter of "luck", he said.

"In the south, places are so overcrowded that it feels like you are in a packed football stadium, external. With so many people using the same few toilets, and with no fuel for pumping the water, I've seen sewage flowing into the streets where vendors are working, where children are playing and splashing in the filthy black water," Martinez said.

Just a few hours ago pro-Palestinian protesters marched across New York City's midtown as part of a global strike that activists around the world have called for.

Police were seen putting up barricades but protesters were still able to make their way into the iconic Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station.

Here are some scenes from the protests:

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The IDF's killing of three Israeli hostages raises "core issues" around the neglect of civilian protection, says a Human Rights Watch (HRW) officer.

The Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups have acted with "pervasive impunity" over the years, which has fuelled such unlawful conduct, wrote Fred Abrahams, HRW's associate programmes director in a statement, external published on Monday.

This includes Israeli forces targeting "Palestinian civilians in Gaza displaying or waving white flags when they were in plain view and posed no apparent threat", he said. Abrahams cited a past HRW report, which he had worked on, that found seven such incidents took place during 2009 hostilities.

Authorities on both sides have not held anyone to account for unlawful attacks, he added.

"Had clear lines been drawn, the three hostages might have made it home," he said.

The IDF said its troops mistakenly shot dead three men held by Hamas attackers in Gaza City on Friday. The men emerged shirtless from a building, one of them carrying a stick with a white cloth. A soldier opened fire as he felt threatened, said a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The situation in Gaza will be a key item on the agenda for UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron when he goes to France and Italy today.

Cameron will call for "increased coordination between allies to address the desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza", the UK Foreign Office said in a statement, external.

"During the visit, [he] will reiterate his call for a sustainable ceasefire, leading to a sustainable peace, and for increased coordination across European allies to ensure life-saving aid can get into Gaza to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people," it said.

He will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Paris, before going to Rome to meet Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

All three countries have differing positions on the issue of a ceasefire. France has called for one that is "immediate and durable", while Italy has abstained from recent UN General Assembly votes calling for a truce.

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Jonathan Head
Reporting from Bangkok

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"Am I lucky or unlucky?" Wichian Temthong pondered the question. "I guess I'm lucky, because I'm still here, still alive."

The 37-year-old farm worker is one of 23 Thai hostages who were released by Hamas last month. Now Wichian is back in Thailand, living in a small room in an industrial suburb south of Bangkok with his wife.

While he survived, three young Israeli men he met in captivity did not. They were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli soldiers.

I spoke to Wichian after he was released - read more about his ordeal here.

Tessa Wong
Live page editor

We're restarting our live page coverage. In the last few hours, we've seen reports of Israeli airstrikes in Bureij and Rafah in the Gaza Strip, as well as raids in the West Bank.

Together with my colleague Kelly Ng, I'll be bringing you the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war - stay with us.

Patrick Jackson
Live page editor

It's just gone 03:00 in Israel and Gaza, and 01:00 in London, and we are pausing our live coverage for a short while.

If there are any major developments overnight we will bring them to you here, otherwise we'll be back in a few hours' time. Thanks for being with us.

If you'd like to read more, here are some links to stories we wrote on Monday:

• US says it has talked to Israel about making war more 'surgical'
• Hamas releases video showing three elderly hostages in Gaza
• Gaza health ministry says Israeli strikes kill 110 in Jabalia

We'll be pausing this live page for a few hours shortly, so here's a round-up of the day's events in Israel and Gaza.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in Israel meeting senior officials, saying he discussed Israel moving to use more "surgical" and "lower-intensity" operations in Gaza

The remarks came after he reiterated the US government's "ironclad" support for Israel and said Washington would provide more arms, vehicles and munitions.

Pressure has risen on Israel and its allies over civilian deaths and the Israeli military's conduct in Gaza.

Hamas published a video of three elderly hostages being held in Gaza, with one of the men calling for their release.

After his visit to Israel, Austin confirmed an international coalition was being set up to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea. A spate of attacks from Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen has led to the suspension of much shipping activity along the vital trade route connecting Asia and Africa with Europe.

Separately, Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza have said at least 110 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza.

Israel has also confirmed that three hostages, mistakenly killed in friendly fire by Israeli forces in Gaza, were shot after they used leftover food to write signs pleading for help.

Looking ahead to Tuesday, a vote is expected on a new UN Security Council resolution calling for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities" in Gaza.

The vote had been due to be held on Monday but was pushed back amid reports the US government was seeking to water down its language.

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As we have been reporting, at least 110 people were killed in Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza's Jabalia area, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Located in the north of the Gaza Strip, Jabalia is the largest of the territory’s eight refugee camps.

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has defined its residents as refugees since they began settling there after the 1948 war – but it’s not a tent city, it is made up of cement block buildings.

Jabalia is a small but densely populated area, only covering 1.4 sq km, and is largely made up of residential buildings.

It also has 26 schools in 16 school buildings, a food distribution centre, two health centres, a library and seven water wells.

Along with the Shati (Beach) camp, Jabalia lies in an area that Israel has declared an evacuation zone as it considers Jabalia to be a Hamas stronghold,

Israel says a training centre for the 7 October Hamas attacks was located there.