The United Nations said that it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the “deepest funding cuts ever” — leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli troops killed 20 people waiting to collect food, in the latest deadly incident near a US-backed aid centre in the Palestinian territory’s south.

A day after US officials confirmed that Donald Trump had vetoed Israeli plans to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that the quickest way to end this conflict is for Israel to take out the Ayatollah.