Amid escalating violence, the Israeli military issues new evacuation warnings in central Gaza, affecting aid distribution. Despite ongoing ceasefire talks, military activities persist, and humanitarian conditions worsen.

Since the war began on 7 October 2023, at least 58,895 Palestinians have been killed and 140,980 injured in Israeli attacks, according to Gaza's health authorities. Around 1,139 people were killed in Israel during Hamas's initial assault, and more than 200 hostages were taken during the attack.

The Israeli military on Sunday issued new evacuation orders for parts of central Gaza, one of the few regions where it has conducted limited

They used stun grenades and pepper spray against us,” another survivor, Abdullah Aleyat, who was present at the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) compound on Wednesday morning, said from a hospital ward bed surrounded by the wounded.

A surgeon working in southern Gaza says babies are arriving at hospital so malnourished that “skin and bones doesn’t do it justice.” He also describes what appears to be a disturbing pattern in the gunshot wounds of children arriving from food distribution sites.

The formal statement was triggered when nine humanitarian groups pointed to the country’s incongruous response to Ukrainian children and Palestinian children.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted Pope Leo following an Israeli attack on Gaza's only Catholic church. The pope urged a ceasefire and emphasized the need to safeguard worship sites amid escalating tensions.

Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike.