With Israel issuing around 16 evacuation orders in Gaza this month, the humanitarian aid movement in the war-hit enclave has come to a halt. According to the United Nations, providing health care and other assistance to the Gazans has become extremely difficult.
Israel’s new evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, a hub for the workers, has forced the UN operations to stop on short notice within the Strip completely. The order forced several thousand displaced people to move again and find new havens along the Strip.
Israel's military said that it was targeting "terror operatives" in the Deir al-Balah region and was working to dismantle the remaining "infrastructure" of Hamas.
The senior deputy field director for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said the humanitarian zone declared by Israel has shrunk to about 11 per cent of the entire Gaza Strip.
Amid health threats and a lack of access to aid, services and water, Gazans are struggling to keep up their spirits.
According to the UN, an estimated one million Palestinians a month are not getting any food they desperately need due to obstacles at crossing points.
Meanwhile, the ceasefire talks have resumed in Cairo after the recent intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. According to the US, the Israel-Hezbollah fight did not derail the Gaza ceasefire talks and a working-level group of negotiators remain in talks of a potential deal.
Also, the recent Israeli airstrike killed 5 Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 people, half of them children.
The Palestinian health official said the military struck an operations room used by militants in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the city of Tulkarem.
Around 640 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, over 40,000 people in Gaza have been killed so far since the start of the Israel-Hamas war after the October 7 attack.