At least 14,000 babies in Gaza could die within 48 hours if more aid does not reach the starving communities, the UN warned yesterday, as Israel stepped up its military offensive to take control of “all of the Strip”.

Strikes kill 52 more; WHO chief says 2 million 'starving'

The announcement came hours after the military said it had begun "extensive ground operations" in a newly intensified campaign in Gaza

The army said on Telegram it had begun the "initial stages" of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon's Chariots.

The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip over the past day as part of the "initial stages" of a fresh offensive on the besieged Palestinian territory

US President Donald Trump said yesterday “a lot of people are starving” in the besieged Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported more than 74 deaths in Israeli air strikes since midnight.

The Council of Europe yesterday said Gaza was suffering from a “deliberate starvation”, and warned that Israel was sowing “the seeds for the next Hamas” in the territory.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Thursday evening and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

The World Health Organization said Thursday that the last hospital in Gaza providing cancer and cardiac care had stopped functioning after an Israeli attack

Israeli military strikes killed more than 100 people in the Gaza Strip yesterday, Palestinian rescuers said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and US President Donald Trump visited the Middle East.

Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, local health authorities said, in a significant escalation of the bombardment as US President Donald Trump continued his visit to the Middle East.

United Nations relief chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to take action "to prevent genocide" in Gaza, delivering a scathing account of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territory

More than 350 figures from the cinema world condemned "genocide" in Gaza in an open letter on the eve of the Cannes Festival

At least 13 people, including three children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday that Israel closed three of its schools in annexed east Jerusalem, months after an Israeli ban on its activities took effect.

A missile landed inside the perimeter of Israel’s main airport yesterday, wounding six people, halting flights and gouging a wide crater, in an attack claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Gaza mediator Qatar rejected comments from Israel's PM that it needed to "stop playing both sides" in truce negotiations

A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said yesterday it was attacked by drones in international waters off Malta as they headed towards the Palestinian territory, accusing Israel of attacking the vessel.

Israel has not commented on the allegation.

Amnesty International today accused Israel of committing a "live-streamed genocide" by forcibly displacing most Gazans and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe -- allegations Israel dismissed as "blatant lies"