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In a tearful address to the UN Security Council, Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour mourned the deaths of over 1,300 Palestinian children since the end of the Gaza ceasefire in March, citing starvation and bombings as causes. He described unbearable scenes of grieving mothers and condemned the international community’s inaction. The speech coincided with a humanitarian collapse in Gaza, where hundreds stormed a UN food warehouse amid severe hunger, resulting in four deaths. A day earlier, Israeli gunfire at a new aid-distribution site left one dead and 48 wounded, including women and children.