 The war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine, and basic goods to Gaza, and people there are now totally dependent on aid. The top UN court has concluded there's plausible risk of genocide in Gaza, a charge Israel strongly denies. Meanwhile, U.S., European, and Arab mediators are also pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.