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Israel demolishes high-rise building in Gaza City as part of ramped-up offensive

By Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel has struck and destroyed another high-rise building in Gaza City after warning residents to evacuate as part of an offensive aimed at taking over the largest Palestinian city.

Israel strikes high-rise building as it sets sights on taking over Gaza City

By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The military accuses Hamas of using high-rises for surveillance and plans more targeted strikes.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza passes 64,000, officials say, after ceasefire talks break down

By Wafaa Shurafa, Kareem Chehayeb, Julia Frankel, Associated Press

More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said Thursday, as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group’s 2023 attack.

With Israeli advance looming, Palestinians in Gaza City ask when to leave and where to go

By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Sally Abou AlJoud, Associated Press

They are unsure where to go, when to leave and if they will ever return. Israel has declared Gaza City to be a combat zone while the military moves forward with plans to overtake it in a campaign to crush…

Israel begins calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press

The move came weeks after it said it would mobilize 60,000 and extend the service of an additional 20,000 already on active duty.

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Sam Metz, Associated Press

Airstrikes and artillery shelling have echoed through Gaza City since Israel declared the territory's largest city a combat zone last week.

Israeli military says it killed Hamas spokesperson amid expanding offensive in Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Sam Metz, Associated Press

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz identified the spokesperson as Abu Obeida, the nom de guerre for the official who represented Hamas’ Qassam Brigades. He was killed over the weekend. Hamas has not commented on the claim.

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.

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.