Gaza health ministry: 15,523 Palestinians killed, 41,316 wounded Over 15,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in the last two months, Gaza’s health ministry announced on Sunday. According to ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra, 70% of the Palestinians killed were women and children, Agence France-Presse reports. He said that 41,316 have been injured. “During the past hours, only 316 dead and 664 wounded were removed from rubble and taken to hospitals, but many others are still under the rubble,” al-Qudra added. Qatar’s prime minister and its foreign minister received a phone call from the US secretary of state on Sunday, in which they discussed “means of de-escalation and ceasefire” in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. A statement released by the Qatari foreign ministry on Sunday said: HE prime minister and miniser of foreign affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received on Sunday a phone call from HE secretary of state of the United States of America Antony Blinken. During the call, they discussed the latest developments in the Gaza strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, means of de-escalation and ceasefire. His Excellency confirmed that the state of Qatar is committed, with its mediation partners, to continue the efforts for the return of calm, stressing that the continued bombing of the Gaza strip after the end of the pause complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe in the strip. Israeli forces fired upon two ambulances in the Faluja area of the north of Gaza, injuring two paramedics and an accompanying injured person on Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. The Israeli bombardment of southern Gaza is the “worst bombardment of the war right now”, Unicef spokesperson James Elder said on Sunday. “I am seeing massive casualties. We have a final warning to save children; and our collective conscience,” he added. A US warship has shot down at least two drones in the Red Sea, according to a US defense official speaking to the Washington Post. Initial assessments reportedly indicated that at least one of the drones came from a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen. According to the official, the Unity Explorer commercial vessel sent a distress call to the USS Carney. While the USS Carney was near the Unity Explorer, a drone approached the two ships and the USS Carney shot it down, Washington Post reports the official saying. Earlier today, Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the Red Sea. However, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the two ships had no connection to Israel. In a video address following his visit to Israel and Palestine, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan said: “If Israel doesn’t comply [with international law] now, they shouldn’t complain later.” He said: In Gaza, there is no justification for doctors to perform operations without light, for children to be operated upon without anaesthetics. Imagine the pain … I was crystal clear, that this is the time to comply with the law. If Israel doesn’t comply now, they shouldn’t complain later. The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground operation against the Hamas militant group to “every part” of the Gaza Strip. The Associated Press reports: The army resumed its offensive Friday after a weeklong cease-fire expired. After focusing its ground operation on the northern part of Gaza in recent weeks, the military began carrying out airstrikes in southern Gaza as well. The vast majority of Gaza’s population has fled to the south in search of safety. But late Sunday, Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said ground troops were also pushing into the south. ‘The Israeli army is continuing and expanding the ground operation against the Hamas presence in every part of the Gaza Strip,’ he said. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that Palestinians in Gaza have “undergone amputations without anesthesia and others have tragically lost their lives post-amputation”. In a statement released on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the PRCS added: Alarming: 80% of cases in children under 5 result in severe burns, often leading to limb amputations. Rising disability rates are linked to weapon types, challenges in transportation to hospitals, and shortages of vital medications and supplies. The two ships hit in the Red Sea on Sunday had no connection to Israel, according to an Israeli military spokesperson, Reuters reports. Earlier today, Yemen’s Houthis claimed that they had attacked the two ships off the Yemeni coast, adding the “Israeli” vessels were targeted over the war in Gaza. The US also said that it was “aware of reports” surrounding attacks in the Red Sea and said that it will provide information “as it becomes available”. Gaza health ministry: 15,523 Palestinians killed, 41,316 wounded Over 15,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in the last two months, Gaza’s health ministry announced on Sunday. According to ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra, 70% of the Palestinians killed were women and children, Agence France-Presse reports. He said that 41,316 have been injured. “During the past hours, only 316 dead and 664 wounded were removed from rubble and taken to hospitals, but many others are still under the rubble,” al-Qudra added. Israel will hunt down Hamas even in Qatar, Turkey and Lebanon even if it takes years, the head of Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet said in a recording aired by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Sunday, Reuters reports. It was unclear when Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar made the remarks or to whom. The agency itself declined to comment on the report. White House national security council spokesperson John Kirby said that the US is having discussions with Israel every day about being “careful, precise and deliberate in their targeting”. In a new interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Kirby responded to a question from Margaret Brennan on whether there should be “red lines” between the US and Israel on their military strategy. In response, Kirby said: That’s why we continue to work, as [defense] secretary [Lloyd] Austin said, with our Israeli counterparts, to get them to be as careful and as precise and as deliberate in their targeting as possible. Over 15,200 Palestinians have been killed in the last two months by Israeli airstrikes, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Meanwhile, more than 41,300 Palestinians have been injured in the attacks. Yemen"s Houthis claim Red Sea ship attacks as US says it"s "aware of reports" on attacks Here are more details on Yemen’s Houthis claims of attacking Red Sea ships over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas on Sunday. Agence France-Presse reports: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday said they had attacked two ships off the Yemeni coast, adding the ‘Israeli’ vessels were targeted over the war in Gaza. A US defense official told AFP that Washington was ‘aware of reports’ regarding attacks in the Red Sea, and hours earlier a maritime security group said a UK-owned ship had reportedly been hit by rocket fire. In a statement posted on social media, the Houthis said they carried out an ‘operation against two Israeli ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait,’ a strategic waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, targeting one with a ‘missile and the second ship with a drone.’ The Houthis identified the vessels as Unity Explorer and Number Nine, saying the attack came after the two ships ‘rejected warning messages’ from its forces. The Houthis said they would continue to target Israeli vessels ‘until the Israeli aggression against our steadfast brothers in the Gaza Strip stops.’ A US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ‘we’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the (US Navy’s) USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available.’ Earlier on Sunday, maritime security firm Ambrey said, citing reports, that an unnamed Bahamas-flagged vessel was ‘struck by a rocket’while sailing south around 35 nautical miles off Yemen’s western coast. ‘The affected vessel was issuing distress calls relating to piracy/missile attack,’ the UK-based company added. It noted reports that ‘an international naval asset in the vicinity of the incident’ was likely proceeding to the ship’s location. “Gaza’s population will soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israeli bombardment,” UNRWA said on Sunday. “People have lost everything and they need everything,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees added. Israeli strikes have disrupted health facilities, water and sanitation systems which the World Health Organization (WHO) warned will increase the risk of disease spread. “The situation is particularly concerning for almost 1.5 million displaced people across Gaza, especially those living in severely overcrowded shelters with poor access to hygiene facilities and safe water, increasing risk of infectious diseases transmission,” the WHO said last month. Yemen’s Houthi movement targeted two Israeli ships on Sunday with an armed drone and a naval missile, a spokesperson for the group’s military said, Reuters reports. The spokesperson said the two ships, Unity Explorer and Number Nine, were targeted after they rejected warnings from the group’s navy. ICC prosecutor to "intensify" investigations into Israel and Gaza International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said that he will “intensify its efforts to advance its investigations” of possible crimes committed by Israel and Hamas following a visit to Israel and Palestine. In a statement released on Sunday, Khan said that he witnessed “scenes of calculated cruelty” at locations of Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. He added: The attacks against innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October represent some of the most serious international crimes that shock the conscience of humanity, crimes which the ICC was established to address. In my meeting with the families of the victims of these attacks, my message was clear: we stand ready to work in partnership with them as part of our ongoing work to hold those responsible to account. Khan, who also visited Ramallah, said that he spoke with the families of Palestinian victims and said: “We must never become numb to such suffering.” He added: In relation to Gaza, and notwithstanding any ongoing violations of international humanitarian law by Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip, the manner in which Israel responds to these attacks is subject to clear legal parameters that govern armed conflict. Conflict in densely populated areas where fighters are alleged to be unlawfully embedded in the civilian population is inherently complex, but international humanitarian must still apply and the Israeli military knows the law that must be applied. Khan also added: All actors must comply with international humanitarian law. If you do not do so, do not complain when my office is required to act.