On Tuesday, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said: “One in 10 children screened in UNRWA medical facilities is malnourished.” He warned that child malnutrition is rising rapidly in Gaza amid severe shortages of food and medical supplies.

During a field tour in northern Gaza, IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir vowed to dismantle Hamas and warned of intensified operations should hostage deal efforts fail.

American private military contractors used dangerous crowd control tactics on a crowd of Palestinian aid seekers in Gaza on Wednesday, witnesses say, causing a deadly stampede and adding to the nearly 1,000 Palestinians who have been killed in relation to the U.S.- and Israeli-backed “humanitarian aid” scheme thus far.

The Israeli army has announced the establishment of a new corridor in Gaza — the third such axis Israel has carved across the war-torn strip as part of its strategy to tighten pressure on Hamas. In a new video it shows what this will mean. Newsweek has reached out to Hamas officials for comment.

The deaths of children, women and civilians in strikes on Gaza highlight long-standing concerns around Israel's approach to both proportionality and transparency, humanitarian and rights advocates say.

An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that some troops stationed in the Gaza Strip were to be redeployed to the area of the frontier with Syria, where Israel has struck claiming to defend the Druze minority.

The UN Genocide Convention came about as a reaction to the Holocaust. Now, Israel is being accused of violating it. International law experts are divided.

GAZA CITY: Hamas accused Israel on Wednesday of wanting to retain military control of the Gaza Strip and denied Israeli media claims of progress in ceasefire talks. The indirect negotiations in the Qatari capital Doha are now in their second week, with the future presence of Israeli troops in the Palestinian territory a key issue.