The Israeli military began a ground offensive in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday, with two IDF divisions moving into the city.

At least 17 people were killed in Israeli shelling on Gaza, including women and children. The Al-Rantisi children's hospital and several homes were hit, according to reports. View on euronews

Speaking at a real estate conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel had carried out “the first phase of urban renewal” by demolishing Gaza, and it was now working on a plan to start rebuilding it, saying the plans were now “on President Trump’s desk”.

Israel has gone well past self-defense and is now conducting a genocide in the Gaza Strip, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday in a lengthy statement laying out his agreement with a United Nations panel that found the situation met the legal definition of genocide.

Zamir appears to defend reported objections to ongoing assault, calls return of hostages a 'moral commitment'; IDF spokesperson says military will do its best to safeguard captives

Internet outages occurred in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with the Palestinian telecoms company blaming Israeli attacks which hit critical infrastructure. Parts of Gaza City are without internet, residents told dpa,

The Israeli military repeated warnings Wednesday morning for residents to evacuate the devastated, famine-stricken area, and said it had opened up a new route south.

A negotiated settlement to end the fighting remains distant, in part because of the maximalist positions of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Hamas.

Local clans across Gaza are pushing back against Hamas control, forming understandings with the IDF and fighting in areas under pressure from Israel’s military offensive. As the IDF intensifies its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip,