According to an official document seen Monday by AFP

Israel intensifies Gaza City bombing as Rubio arrives

Israeli forces destroyed at least 30 residential buildings in Gaza City and forced thousands of people from their homes to move south, Palestinian officials said, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived yesterday to discuss the future of the conflict.

"Every time a deal approaches, Netanyahu sabotages it," they added.

The trip is taking place after President Donald Trump rebuked Israel over the unprecedented attack against Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that getting rid of Hamas chiefs living in Qatar would remove the main obstacle to releasing all hostages and ending the war in Gaza.

The Israeli military yesterday said that more than 250,000 people had fled Gaza City since it began intensifying operations there, as Palestinian officials reported many had been unable to evacuate south due to overcrowding.

A resolution endorsing the declaration received 142 votes in favor and 10 against, while 12 countries abstained.

Israeli strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians, including 14 from a family, in the Gaza Strip yesterday, local health authorities said, most of them in Gaza City, where many residents are staying put despite Israeli evacuation orders because they have nowhere safe to go.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday vowed that there would be no Palestinian state, speaking at a signing ceremony for a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank.

"To civilians in Gaza: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City," the World Health Organization said on its X account

Israeli forces struck yet another high-rise in Gaza City yesterday, marking the seventh major tower brought down in recent days, as the military intensified its campaign to seize control of the city and displace nearly one million Palestinians.

Israel launched an airstrike against arch foe Hamas leaders in Qatar yesterday, expanding military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base.

Israel intensified its bombardment in preparation for an operation to seize Gaza City

The United Nations rights chief yesterday voiced alarm at the overt “genocidal rhetoric” by Israeli officials about Gaza and called for decisive international action to “end the carnage”.

The European Union said Monday it doesn't "encourage" aid flotillas heading to Gaza

Israel has stopped all aid for 11 weeks from March until mid-May

Israeli forces yesterday continued to bombard Gaza, killing at least 21 people in strikes on a school, tents and a home, as five more Palestinians, including three children, starved to death in 24 hours.

Several countries, including France and Britain, have pledged to recognise a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly later this month

Israel has been warning for weeks of a new assault on the territory's largest city, without issuing a timeline.