The death toll in the besieged Gaza Strip neared 30,000 on Wednesday, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, as mediators worked to secure a truce that would allow more aid into the enclave. The World Food Program warned a day earlier that famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza. Read our liveblog for the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.                                 
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            The death toll in the besieged Gaza Strip neared 30,000 on Wednesday, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, as mediators worked to secure a truce that would allow more aid into the enclave. The World Food Program warned a day earlier that famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza. Read our liveblog for the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.