news in brief for this hour, israel has carried out fresh strikes on the gaza strip killing dozens in the seven cities of han yunes and raffa. the total death toll is now nearing 19. thousand since the war began 70 days ago, most of those killed are women and children. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees says no place has been spared from israel's constant bombings. felipe latsorini says the locations include medical and un facilities that should be protected under the law of war. he says garzans are terrified, desperate and hungry.

a senior official at the world food program has raised the alarm about the worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza. carl scall says half of the population in the palestinian territory are starving. he says that's based a survey they conducted during the last month seven-day truce in gaza. yemen's arm forces say they have targeted two israel ships in the red sea. the spokesman for yemen's armed forces said the attack came after msc platinum and msc alania. refused to respond to warnings by the yemeni naval forces. and people in different countries have held protest to show solidarity with gazans. iranians rallied in the holy city of mashad in yemen, thousands hit the streets of the northern city of saada and in the u.s. protest is blocked the major highway in philadelphia demanding seasfire.

education is considered necessity in palestine. the educational institution's enrulment average can be described as the highest in the arab world according to the regional and international criteria. the reason behind that is the 1948 palestinian catastrophe and the 6-day war in 1967. these two wars caused the expulsion of many palesty.