A boy in Khan Younis sits on donkey-drawn cart loaded with a water tank, as drinking water and fuel become increasingly scarce in Gaza.
Among Israel's targets is Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a Sunday night news conference. Israelis say Sinwar was the chief architect ofAn Israeli soldier was killed overnight when a tank overturned in Gaza, the military said Monday. In total, 312 Israeli soldiers have been killed, most of them on Oct. 7.
Israel has continued to urge the evacuation of northern Gaza, including hospitals, where beds are completely full with injured people and hallways have crowded each night with Palestinians seeking refuge from airstrikes. At least a third of hospitals in Gaza have been forced to shut down due to a lack of fuel to operate generators, the U.N. says.At Ah-Ahli Arab Hospital, hospital officials have evacuated displaced people, but staff are still treating patients, said Dr.
Still, with much of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people crowded into the territory's southern half, clean water remained challenging to acquire. Last Thursday, that filtration station ran out of diesel to operate its generators, Okal said Thursday evening."We are almost out of drinking water today. I think we have just enough to last us through tonight, then tomorrow we'll be basically out," he said.In New York City, London, Madrid, Casablanca, Istanbul, Islamabad and other cities worldwide, tens of thousands of people took part in pro-Palestinian protests this past weekend, calling for a cease-fire.