Heavy smoke billows amid Israeli operations and aid airdrops in central Gaza | AFP

Massive clouds of smoke are seen billowing over the central Gaza Strip from the Israeli border, where a plane has airdropped aid as Israel continues its bombardment of the war‑ravaged territory. Gaza is slipping into famine, UN‑backed experts warned Tuesday, as the health ministry in the Hamas‑run territory said the death toll in the nearly 22‑month war had surpassed 60,000.