Ten Palestinians including two children have died from starvation in the last 24 hours, the health authorities in Gaza said on Wednesday, as Pope Leo XIV demanded that Israel stop its collective punishment of the population in the besieged territory. At least 313 people have died from hunger, including 119 children, since the war in Gaza began and Israel intensified its siege on the Palestinian territory.
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it has informed Gazan medical authorities and humanitarian organizations that they should prepare to leave Gaza City and move south. The notice anticipates that an evacuation order will be issued later for the entire municipality, where the Strip's health authorities and NGOs estimate there are currently one million people. Israel issued the warning publicly the day after army spokesmen with the approval of Benjamin Netanyahu's government