Palestinians search for survivors of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday.

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Palestinians search for survivors of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday.

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s retaliatory air marketing campaign throughout Gaza intensified in a single day into Monday as important provides like meals, water and medical provides trickled into the area forward of an anticipated floor invasion.

The Israel Defense Forces mentioned the army struck over 320 army targets on Sunday, with a concentrate on Hamas headquarters, tunnels and firing positions in Gaza.

The in a single day airstrikes killed greater than 200 folks, together with in Rafah and Khan Younis, two cities within the south of Gaza which can be crowded filled with Palestinians who’ve evacuated from the northern a part of the territory at Israel’s urging. More than half of Gaza’s inhabitants of some 2.2 million folks has been displaced from their properties, in line with the United Nations.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the Palestinian demise toll has reached 5,087 since Oct. 7, the day Hamas unleashed the deadliest assaults on civilians since Israel’s founding in 1948. Fourteen hundred folks had been killed within the Oct. 7 assault, in line with Israeli officers.

Fighting outdoors Gaza has additionally escalated. Over the weekend, a number of Israeli cities close to the Israel-Lebanon border had been evacuated amid rocket exchanges and gunfire with the Iranian-backed militant group, Hezbollah. Israel has additionally elevated its airstrikes within the West Bank — a rarity previous to the present battle — in an effort to combat off Hamas.

A Palestinian man carries a boy after he was handled for a head damage on the hospital, following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, within the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.

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A Palestinian man carries a boy after he was handled for a head damage on the hospital, following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, within the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.

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In Gaza, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari mentioned the army additionally performed raids in an effort to search out any hostages.

On Monday, Israeli Defense Forces raised the confirmed variety of Hamas hostages to 222, saying the entire now consists of quite a few international nationals who weren’t initially on the record.

“We are working in all ways to free the hostages and bring them home,” Hagari mentioned, in line with The Guardian, including that the weekend Israeli raids inside Gaza had been geared toward gathering data on them.

At least 10 Americans stay unaccounted for, mentioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday whereas briefing reporters concerning the launch of two Americans who had been being held hostage — Judith Raanan, 59, and Natalie Raanan, 17, a mom and daughter from Illinois.

A small, third spherical of support was anticipated in Gaza on Monday

After an preliminary supply of 20 truckloads value of support Saturday, one other 14 adopted on Sunday. An further cargo entered Monday, in line with the AP.

But humanitarian staff say the reduction will not be almost sufficient. The shipments quantity to about 3% of what would usually cross the border earlier than the hostilities started, in line with the U.N.

The vans comprise drugs and different medical provides, together with meals and water. But no gas has been allowed to enter Gaza. For regular Palestinians, gasoline and diesel have grow to be almost inconceivable to acquire, limiting their mobility. Many households report that their solely remaining gas is what’s left of their automobile’s tank.

People on the Egyptian facet of the Rafah border crossing wave flags as a convoy of lorries carrying humanitarian support crosses to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

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People on the Egyptian facet of the Rafah border crossing wave flags as a convoy of lorries carrying humanitarian support crosses to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

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With Gaza’s principal energy plant nonetheless out of operation, gas can be wanted to energy turbines for crucial infrastructure, together with hospitals, desalination vegetation and wastewater therapy amenities.

An emergency provide of gas held by the U.N.’s reduction company for Palestinians, generally known as UNRWA, can be exhausted inside a couple of days, officers have warned.

“Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance,” mentioned Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA’s commissioner-general, in a press release issued Sunday. “Without fuel, we will fail the people of Gaza whose needs are growing by the hour, under our watch.”

Virtually each medical specialty in Gaza has run out of provides, mentioned Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a British-Palestinian surgeon working at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical middle.

An estimated 14,000 wounded “have consumed all of the supplies in the system, from the medication to the equipment to everything you can imagine is required to care for such traumatic injuries and such critically ill patients,” he instructed NPR.

“Not only are the supplies consumed, but also the staff has been consumed,” he added.

World leaders name for ‘stability’ whereas affirming Israel’s proper to reply

Amid the worsening humanitarian disaster, a gaggle of Western leaders issued a joint assertion Sunday reiterating help for Israel’s “right to defend itself against terrorism” whereas additionally calling for the nation to stick to humanitarian legislation, together with the safety of civilians.

The assertion got here after a cellphone name between President Biden, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom.

The leaders dedicated to coordinating with companions within the area to make sure support reached these in Gaza, in addition to “close diplomatic coordination, including with key partners in the region, to prevent the conflict from spreading, preserve stability in the Middle East, and work toward a political solution and durable peace,” the assertion reads.

The feedback from Western leaders got here after Biden held a name with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, throughout which the 2 agreed to a “continued flow” of support into Gaza, the White House mentioned.

The dialog was simply one in all dozens Netanyahu has had with world leaders in latest days. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is visiting Israel at this time, whereas France’s Macron is scheduled to go to tomorrow.

China’s particular envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, can be within the area at this time. Russia’s international minister, Sergei Lavrov, can be planning to go to the Middle East, however will begin with allies in Iran on Monday.

NPR’s Emily Olson contributed reporting.