The Israeli military published new evacuation orders on Saturday to two neighbourhoods on the northern edge of Gaza City, as Palestinian and UN officials said no place was safe. Israel's ongoing offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon injured a third UN peacekeeper, prompting strong condemnation.
Israel ordered the wholesale evacuation of northern Gaza to the south, but officials say there are no safe places to flee in the territory. The northern part of the country has been largely isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered extensive destruction due to large-scale airstrikes.
The Hamas-run government media office said 13 children and six women were among the dead in the Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. The Israeli Army claimed to hit a Hamas command centre embedded in the compound that previously served as a school.
The Israeli military claimed to target Hamas militants operating from within a command-and-control centre in the camp, which was denied by Hamas. Meanwhile, India has reiterated support for a ceasefire "as soon as possible" in Gaza owing to the mounting death and destruction.
Israel's major operation in the West Bank came as it noted a rise in militant activities since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7 last year. More than 660 people have been killed as Israel stepped up military activities in the occupied territory.
According to Hamas-controlled media, a commander of the Palestinian militant group's Tulkarm Brigades when the Israeli airstrike struck a vehicle. This came amid red-hot tensions after the killings of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Israel's military said it had targeted a Hamas command and control centre in the school compound on Saturday. Israel has accused Hamas of operating from densely populated areas, schools and hospitals as cover, something that the terrorist group has denied.
Deif is considered to be the chief architect of the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and was believed to be hiding in a tunnel in Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official said the strike showed that Israel was not interested in a ceasefire deal.
Israeli tanks have pushed deeper into several neighbourhoods in Rafah, as well as the ear bordering Egypt and the Rafah border crossing. This came as Israeli PM Netanyahu dissolved his War Cabinet tasked with overseeing the operations after the departure of his rival Benny Gantz.
Israeli forces rescued four hostages on Saturday in a raid at the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed at least 274 Palestinians. All the four hostages were kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, which began the eight-month-long war.
Israel launched a 'precise airstrike' on Sunday night targeting two militants of Hamas, but it set fire to a tent camp and killed 45 Palestinians who were sleeping in Rafah. Israel promised an investigation into the matter after a new wave of international criticism.
The World Health Organisation said 21 patients perished during Israel's two-week-long raid in Al-Shifa hospital and hundreds of others were put at risk. The Israeli military claimed to have killed and detained several Hamas militants along with seizing weaponry and valuable intelligence.
US President Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu held talks in over a month and the latter agreed to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss an alternative approach in Rafah. Israeli forces conducted another raid at al-Shifa hospital and killed 20 gunmen, as the UN warned of mass death in Gaza.
The United States, Qatar and Egypt had hoped to broker a cease-fire ahead of Ramadan that would include the release of dozens of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. However, the ceasefire talks stalled after Hamas and Israel rejected each other's conditions for a truce.
The US began airdropping humanitarian aid packages on Saturday into the war-torn Gaza amid a worsening humanitarian catastrophe amid the Israel-Hamas war. On Friday, the parachute on one of the aid packages failed to open and the parcel fell on the people below, killing five.
At least 112 people were killed and more than 700 wounded in the incident near Gaza City, according to health officials. However, Israel claimed that dozens were trampled and run over when they overwhelmed the aid trucks and denied any strike towards the people.
At least 112 people were killed and more than 700 wounded in the incident near Gaza City, according to health officials. However, Israel claimed that dozens were trampled and run over when they overwhelmed the aid trucks and denied any strike towards the people.
Israeli forces allegedly opened fire on Palestinians waiting for food near Gaza City, killing 104 people and wounding 280 others, according to health officials. Gaza is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe with thousands facing starvation and aid groups facing difficulties in providing assistance.
At least 30,035 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed due to Israel's nearly five-month-long offensive that began with Hamas' attack on October 7. Over 100 people Palestinians lined up for humanitarian assistance were killed on Thursday as a quarter of the population faces starvation.
An Israeli military spokesperson said it had no reports about shelling that allegedly killed 70 Palestinians. A quarter of Gaza's population, approximately 576,000 people, is facing starvation and the entire population desperately needs supplies as the death count crossed 30,000.
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