Israel-Gaza live updates: France, UK, Canada recognize Palestinian statehood

The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday that 71 people were killed over the previous 24 hours with another 304 people injured.

The ministry said it believes a number of people are trapped under rubble as ambulances are having trouble reaching certain areas in the devastated Palestinian territory.

Four more people have also died of malnutrition in the last day, bringing the total number of deaths attributable to malnutrition to 440 -- including 147 children -- per ministry figures.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Victoria Beaule

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Sunday that it intercepted one of two rockets fired toward Israel from the northern Gaza Strip.

The air force intercepted one target and the other "fell in an open area," the IDF said, adding that there were no casualties.

the IDF is continuing a major operation targeting Gaza City -- the strip's largest urban area -- that it says intends to destroy Hamas units stationed there.

The Israeli government is pressing the attack despite international concerns over the dire humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.

France will recognize the state of Palestine on Monday after the United Kingdom does the same Sunday evening, a senior French official told ABC News.

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the United Nations on Monday, where he will discuss on the Middle East and a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, during which he will formally recognize Palestine as a state, according to the official.

France will then send “a verbal note through the usual diplomatic channels to confirm this recognition,” the official said.

Along with France, nine other countries have decided to proceed with the recognition of Palestine: Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta, the United Kingdom and San Marino. These countries join more than 140 countries which have already recognized the state of Palestine.

The UK is expected to announce its recognition on the eve of the conference on Sunday evening, a French source said. However, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer will not attend Monday’s conference.

-ABC News' Tom Soufi Burridge

Israeli forces suspended the transiting of "all convoys" traveling from Jordan into Israel at the Allenby Crossing a day after two people were killed there, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a statement on Friday.

The crossing will remain closed until "the completion of the inquiry" into what happened, Zamir said.

Humanitarian aid convoys heading to Gaza use this corridor. There are two other crossing points between Israel and Jordan, but humanitarian aid trucks have been passing from Jordan to Gaza through Israel from this crossing point because it is closest to the border with Gaza.

-ABC News' Dorit Long