Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities, hospital staff and aid groups said this week, as Israel pursued its renewed offensive into the devastated Palestinian territory.

Israel has faced massive pressure to halt its expanded offensive and allow aid into Gaza. The army stepped up its offensive at the weekend, vowing to defeat Gaza's Hamas rulers, whose October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war.

A heated debate was sparked after the United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours unless aid reached them.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent days as Israel has intensified air strikes, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

People at a displacement camp in Gaza City waited to get their share of food for the day, which some say is insufficient to feed their children.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave “yet more worrying and saddening.”

Permission to enter Gaza just the start for aid workers in 'some of the most difficult and dangerous environments for humanitarians in the world'

The Israeli military on Monday issued an evacuation order for residents of Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and nearby towns. Avichay Adraee, a military spokesperson, posted the order on his social medial accounts,

Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians in airstrikes in Gaza, local medics said, continuing to bombard the enclave despite mounting international pressure to halt military operations.

W hen Reham Alkahlout, a mother of four, scours the markets in Al-Nasr, Gaza, she is gripped by a gnawing anxiety spurred by rows of scarce stalls, the acrid scent of burnt wood and plastic, and a scattering of overpriced essentials—if any are available at all.

Her bright pink jumper hangs off Jana’s skinny shoulders as she walks through piles of rubble in northern Gaza. Clutching a large tub in her hand, the 12-year-old is on a mission: find food and water.