A boy in Khan Younis sits on donkey-drawn cart loaded with a water tank, as consuming water and gasoline turn into more and more scarce in Gaza.

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A boy in Khan Younis sits on donkey-drawn cart loaded with a water tank, as consuming water and gasoline turn into more and more scarce in Gaza.

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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli army’s intensified floor operations in Gaza pushed right into a fourth day Monday as a part of its so-called “second phase” of its battle with the militant group Hamas.

Since the intensified operation started on Friday evening, Israeli airstrikes have hit greater than 600 Hamas targets, together with weapons depots and anti-tank missile launch websites, Israel stated. Israeli troops killed dozens of Hamas fighters on Sunday alone, the IDF stated. Statements from the Israeli army described a number of “clashes” between Israeli troopers and Hamas fighters.

Among Israel’s targets is Yahya Sinwar, the chief of Hamas in Gaza, Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated at a Sunday evening information convention. Israelis say Sinwar was the chief architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that left 1,400 dead.

“We will pursue Yahya Sinwar until we get to him,” Hagari stated.

An Israeli soldier was killed in a single day when a tank overturned in Gaza, the army stated Monday. In complete, 312 Israeli troopers have been killed, most of them on Oct. 7.

About a thousand Palestinians have died in Gaza since Friday, in keeping with the Gaza Ministry of Health, bringing the general loss of life toll there to greater than 8,000.

After two nights and a day of web and telephone service outages, Palestinian communications got here again on Sunday. Across Gaza and past, Palestinians expressed reduction as households have been in a position to attain family members.

Israel has continued to induce the evacuation of northern Gaza, together with hospitals, the place beds are utterly full with injured individuals and hallways have crowded every evening with Palestinians looking for refuge from airstrikes. At least a 3rd of hospitals in Gaza have been pressured to close down because of a scarcity of gasoline to function mills, the U.N. says.

At Ah-Ahli Arab Hospital, hospital officers have evacuated displaced individuals, however workers are nonetheless treating sufferers, stated Dr. Fadel Naim, an orthopedic surgeon working there. The hospital was the location of a lethal explosion on Oct. 17 that killed not less than 100 individuals, in keeping with estimates by U.S. intelligence providers.

“They are trying to push the people to evacuate the hospital,” Naim advised NPR. “They are still warning us.”

Destruction within the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, pictured Monday.

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Destruction within the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, pictured Monday.

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About 117 vans carrying assist have been allowed into Gaza by way of the territory’s Rafah border with Egypt. Most of these vans have carried medical provides, and about half have carried meals. None have carried gasoline, which Israel has blocked over issues it may very well be stolen by Hamas.

Food in Gaza has been troublesome to return by. The lack of electrical energy and gasoline for mills has put many meals suppliers out of operation. Palestinians dwelling in Gaza have advised NPR about fruitless searches for open distributors or ready in line for hours for a days’ value of bread for his or her household.

On Saturday, thousands of people broke into several warehouses operated by UNRWA, the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees, to steal wheat flour and different survival provides.

“This is a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and a tight siege on Gaza. People are scared, frustrated and desperate,” stated Thomas White, UNRWA’s high official for Gaza, in a statement Saturday.

The tempo of assist vans crossing into Gaza is “insufficient” and “geared to fail,” he stated.

“Very few trucks, slow processes, strict inspections, supplies that do not match the requirements of UNRWA and the other aid organizations, and mostly the ongoing ban on fuel, are all a recipe for a failed system,” he stated.

Israel stated Sunday it could resume water provide to central Gaza and authorize the Palestinian Water Authority to make repairs to pipelines broken within the battle. The U.N. reported that water provide in southern Gaza had skilled “significant improvement” in current days as its businesses have delivered small quantities of gasoline to desalination vegetation and pumping stations.

Still, with a lot of Gaza’s inhabitants of two.3 million individuals crowded into the territory’s southern half, clear water remained difficult to amass.

“We have been taking extreme measures to reserve whatever water we had left. For instance, showers are something of the past,” stated Abood Okal, a Palestinian-American and Massachusetts resident who was visiting household in Gaza when the battle started and has since been stranded.

He, his spouse and 1-year-old son are sheltering in a house in southern Gaza with about 40 or so different individuals, he stated. Members of the family have been strolling to a filtration station on daily basis to replenish a couple of gallons to convey residence for everybody.

Last Thursday, that filtration station ran out of diesel to function its mills, Okal stated Thursday night. “We are almost out of drinking water today. I think we have just enough to last us through tonight, then tomorrow we’ll be basically out,” he stated.

Thousands of individuals gathered for a pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday.

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Thousands of individuals gathered for a pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday.

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In New York City, London, Madrid, Casablanca, Istanbul, Islamabad and different cities worldwide, tens of 1000’s of individuals took half in pro-Palestinian protests this previous weekend, calling for a cease-fire.

An airport in Russia’s Muslim-majority area of Dagestan closed Sunday evening after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the airport upon the arrival of a flight from Tel Aviv.

Video posted to social media appeared to indicate a crowd on the tarmac surrounding the aircraft, which landed on the Makhachkala airport round 7:15 p.m. native time.

“All Dagestanis empathize with the suffering of victims of the actions of unrighteous people and politicians and pray for peace in Palestine. But what happened at our airport is outrageous and should receive an appropriate assessment from law enforcement agencies,” stated Sergey Melikov, head of the Dagestan Republic, in a post on Telegram.

Liz Baker contributed reporting from Tel Aviv and Majd Al-Waheidi contributed reporting from Washington.