DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors.

The closure of schools has removed a key social outlet for young people as they grapple with war, hunger and displacement.

The head of a UN office in the Gaza Strip has described an aid distribution scheme run by a rival organization as a "sadistic death trap. " Philippe Lazzarini is the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),

Israel Defense Forces pushed into a central Gaza city on Monday for the first time since the war with Hamas began.

An explosion was seen in the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel early Sunday. The reason of the explosion shortly after midnight GMT was not known.

Israel over "drip feeding" of aid to Palestinians and say "the war in Gaza must end," just as it looks set to expand.

Donald Trump’s plan to evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the U.S. take it over seemed laughable in February

"Sadly, this act adds to the continuous military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza."

The pastor of the only Catholic church in Gaza, Argentine priest Father Gabriel Romanelli, posted a video on his YouTube channel on July 20 describing the situation there.

Pope Leo, whose role in advocating for peace in Gaza has become notably stark since Israel struck the territory's only Catholic church last week, told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday that he opposed any forced displacement of Palestinians.

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