"South Africa Accuses Israel of Ignoring Court Ruling as Gaza Death Toll Tops 27,000"

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated that Britain could recognize a Palestinian state after a Gaza cease-fire, but not while Hamas remains in power; Israel's offensive in Gaza has resulted in over 27,000 deaths and 66,000 wounded, with a quarter of Gaza's population facing starvation; UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA may close by the end of February due to funding cuts; Israel's military is nearing completion of its operations in the southern city of Khan Younis; Yemen's Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles at a vessel in the Red Sea, and the US attributes a drone attack in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.