Mid East update

The war between Israel and Hamas has raised tensions on college campuses and in K-12 classrooms, especially in communities where students and teachers have personal ties to the region.

The Red Cross has warned that Gaza faces a complete medical shutdown unless immediate action is taken to safeguard essential services. "Every functioning hospital in the Gaza Strip is over-crowded and short on medical supplies, fuel, food and water," said William Schomburg, the head of the Red Cross office in Gaza. 

Guardian - The targeting of ships linked to Israel will continue until aid reaches the Palestinian people in Gaza, Yemen’s Houthi leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, said on Thursday, reports Reuters citing a televised speech. “Our country will continue its operations until food and medicine reach the people of Gaza,” he said. The group’s leader added that the results of the latest US and British escalation would be counterproductive and would not affect “our will and determination”.

Thousands of people have flocked to a recruitment centre in India for jobs as construction workers in Israel, willing to take the risk of going to a country embroiled in a devastating war in Gaza. Jobs are hard to find in India and many of the men who were waiting for a job interview on Thursday said they could earn about $1,600 (£1,260) a month in Israel, roughly four times what they would get paid in India, if they could find a job, AFP reports.