The journalists, who had been threatened for months, are now among the more than 230 media workers who have been killed by Israeli weapons since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.

    The Israeli army also killed more Palestinians in bombings across the besieged enclave, as it allowed more limited airdrops of aid to maintain appearances of delivering food to the starving population.

    The UN Security Council held a meeting on the catastrophic situation in Gaza, where most states rejected Israel’s expanding occupation plans, but the US defended Israel and blamed Hamas.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told foreign reporters that seizing Gaza City would be the best and fastest way of ending the war, and claimed that Hamas is starving Palestinians.

    Violent Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including in a village in Hebron, as Israeli soldiers launched new raids and backed the settlers.

    Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the government has until August 24 to inform the families of captives held in Gaza about the conditions for ending the war and releasing the captives.

    Footage recorded by killed Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, now released by Israeli rights group B’Tselem, showed how Hathaleen was shot and killed by an Israeli settler.