*) Gaza in ‘extreme peril’ as NGOs call on Israel to execute humanitarian law

The leaders of a number of UN agencies and humanitarian organisations urged Israel to provide food and medical supplies to Gaza, warning that civilians there are in “extreme peril.”

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee, the highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the UN system, called on Israel to fulfil its legal obligation, under international humanitarian and human rights law.

The health system continues to be “systematically degraded with catastrophic consequences,” it said.

*) Netanyahu proposes Gaza’s demilitarisation, UNRWA’s exit in post-war plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a written plan aimed at demilitarising and reconstruction of Gaza.

Netanyahu’s so-called “Post-Hamas Plan” was unveiled to his political and security cabinet in the dead of Thursday night, as reported by Israeli media.

At the heart of the proposal lies a pivotal strategy: the establishment of a civilian entity tasked with overseeing Gaza’s demilitarisation while safeguarding the Israeli army’s operational autonomy in the blockaded enclave.

*) Over 95 percent of Sudan’s population cannot afford a meal per day: WFP

Ten months into the war has sent Sudan to the “verge of collapse,” with the vast majority of its people going hungry, the UN’s World Food Programme said.

Eddie Rowe, the WFP’s Sudan country director, told reporters in Brussels that “at this point, less than five percent of Sudanese can afford a square meal a day.”

Since last April, Sudan has been gripped by fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has killed thousands and created what the UN calls “the world’s largest displacement crisis.”

*) US to sanction over 500 targets involved in Russia’s ‘war machine’
The US has planned to impose sanctions on more than 500 targets involved in Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
The action to be rolled out on Friday will hit “Russia, its enablers and its war machine,” a Treasury spokesperson said.
The official added that the sanctions will be imposed by both the Treasury and State Department.
And finally…

*) US achieves first Moon landing in 50 years with private spacecraft

A private lander has touched down on the Moon but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first US spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years.

Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had landed.

There was no immediate word from the company on the condition — or even the exact location — of the lander.