The announcement of an escalation in the war came after a particularly deadly week for Palestinians in Gaza. Some of Israel’s allies denounced the move.

The Israeli military called on Gazans to leave most settlements in the south of the strip, as it prepares to launch an “unprecedented attack” against terrorist organisations in the area, according to an evacuation order issued in Arabic on Monday.

Chaos erupted again as tens of thousands of desperate Palestinians tried to collect food from distribution sites in the Gaza Strip run by a new U.S.- and Israeli-backed foundation. Multiple

Israel has restricted Palestinians’ access to 70 percent of Gaza, either by declaring large areas as no-go zones ... The animated map below shows how Israel’s military has expanded its forced ...

A new aid system in Gaza has opened its first distribution hubs in the territory. That's according to a U.S.-backed group that is taking over handling of supplies. The Gaza

Starving Palestinians overwhelm new aid distribution hub set up by Gaza Health Foundation, which has been rejected by UN and other aid agencies

A US-backed group that is slated to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it's started operations despite opposition from the UN and the unexpected resignation of its executive director.

Israel also is pressing ahead with a U.S.-backed aid distribution plan in Gaza after the chief executive of the program resigned, saying it wasn’t possible to implement while remaining neutral.