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Gaza Health Ministry says more than 63,000 Palestinians killed as Israel-Hamas war drags on

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The toll surpassed 63,000 as Palestinians faced the start of Israel's expanded offensive in Gaza City.

Trump administration to host Israeli officials for talks on post-war Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Sally Abou AlJoud, Associated Press

The talks come amid mounting outrage over this week’s double Israeli strike on a southern Gaza hospital that killed journalists, emergency responders and others.

Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

History's first American pope also called for the release of the remaining hostages taken by Hamas in southern Israel, and for both sides and international players to end the war.

Here’s a look at why it is so hard to end the war in Gaza

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuse him of prolonging the war for political reasons. Netanyahu blames Hamas and says criticism of Israel's wartime conduct is only making the militant group more intransigent.

‘Purely in survival mode’: Aid worker shares conditions in Gaza City after famine declared

By John Yang, Andrew Corkery

Officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 people, including Palestinians sheltering in tents and seeking scarce food. It comes a day after the IPC declared that Gaza City is in the grips of a famine…

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Israeli airstrikes, gunfire kill 33 as Gaza City becomes focus of famine and military offensive

By Mariam Dagga, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel's defense minister has warned that Gaza City could be destroyed in a new military operation perhaps just days away, even as famine spreads there.

Israeli defense minister warns of Gaza City’s destruction unless Hamas yields to his country’s terms

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press

Hamas issued a statement that called Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz's comments “a confession of committing a crime that amounts to ethnic cleansing.”…

Experts warned that Gaza was at risk of famine. Here’s why they confirmed it for Gaza City

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Aid groups and food security experts have warned for months that Gaza was on the brink of famine, but this is the first official confirmation.

Famine grips Gaza’s largest city and is likely to spread, food crisis authority says

By Sam Mednick, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is happening in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.

Netanyahu pushes forward with expanded Gaza City operation despite widespread opposition

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sally Abou AlJoud, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The planned offensive, announced earlier this month, comes during heightened international condemnation of Israel’s restrictions on food and medicine reaching Gaza and fears that many Palestinians will be forced to flee.