This is the World in Brief from The Economist.

Our top stories. After fighting was reported close to hospitals in Gaza, the UN's humanitarian aid chief, Martin

Griffiths called attacks on health care facilities unconscionable.

Israel's government reportedly believes that the Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's main hospital,

is above Hamas tunnels and that gaining control of it

would weaken the organization. But it denies having hit the hospital directly

and says it will evacuate babies from the facility.

The Al-Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals have both run out of fuel

and are unable to provide some care.

Iran and Saudi Arabia called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The regional rivals made the statement after Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi

Arabia, met Iran's president, Ibrahim Raisei, for the first time since

the country's restored diplomatic relations in March after a seven-year lapse.

The pair, among dozens of leaders from the Islamic world,

were at a summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital.

Darfur, a region in Sudan, is facing another genocide, warned the EU's chief diplomat Joseph Burrell.

Between 2003 and 2008, more than 300,000 people were killed in the region.

According to Mr. Burrell, in the past week, 1,000 members of the Masalit,

a black African ethnic group, have been killed by the rapid support forces and paramilitary force

fighting the Sudanese army.

In Paris thousands of marches protested against anti-Semitism.

Incidents of abuse towards Jewish people have been on the rise in France since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.

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