- 23 more killed in strikes across the Strip
- 124,000 displaced since resumption of aggression: UNRWA
The Israeli military resumed its campaign against resistance movement Hamas in Gaza a week ago, shattering a two-month ceasefire. Since then, nearly 700 people, mostly women and children, have been killed, Palestinian health officials say.
Most of Gaza's 2.3 million population has already been displaced by the fighting multiple times during nearly 18 months of war and is facing worsening shortages of food and water after Israel suspended aid deliveries earlier this month.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army told residents in all northern border towns to evacuate, saying Palestinian rockets had been fired at Israel from the area.
The affected towns include Jabalia, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Shejaia in Gaza City. Orders were also issued for areas in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south.
"For your safety, you must move immediately south to known shelters," the military said in its orders to residents in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's historic refugee camps.
Palestinian and United Nations officials say there are no safe areas in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas, which accuses Israel of abandoning the January 19 ceasefire deal, said it was cooperating with a new effort, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, to restore calm and conclude the three-phase ceasefire agreement.
According to some Hamas sources, there has been no breakthrough.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said that 792 people had been killed in the week since Israel resumed bombardments on the Palestinian territory, including 62 in the past 24 hours.
The ministry said in a statement that it recorded "792 martyrs and 1,663 injuries" since strikes resumed, bringing the total death toll since the war started on October 7, 2023, to 50,144.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported Tuesday that 124,000 individuals have been displaced inside the Gaza Strip since the recommencement of Israeli aggression on the Strip.
Forced to flee relentless bombardment, families carry what little they have with no shelter, no safety and nowhere left to go, amid the dearth of food as prices are soaring after the Israeli authorities had cut off all aid to the Strip. The situation in Gaza is a humanitarian tragedy, UNRWA reported in a statement.
