Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

The Israeli army said on Sunday that it planned to capture 75 per cent of Gaza and push Palestinian civilians into three designated zones.

Two Red Cross workers were killed in a strike on their home in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, the ICRC said on Sunday as it made an “urgent” appeal for a ceasefire in the conflict. “We are heartbroken by the death of two dear colleagues,

The United Nations chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring "the cruelest phase" of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were looted following the partial easing of a lengthy Israeli blockade.

Alaa al-Najjar was tending to wounded children at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip when the news came through: the home where her own 10 children were staying had been bombed in an Israeli air strike.

The attack took place in the city of Deir al-Balah, where displaced persons were staying. Meanwhile, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, at least five people — two women and a child — lost their lives. Read also: Israel's continued airstrikes ...

Shahana Hanif, the incumbent in an upcoming Democratic primary race, has been an outspoken advocate of the Palestinian cause, rattling some of the residents in her progressive district.

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,