Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said Aug. 18 that an evacuation order was issued by Israeli forces for the al-Zaytun neighborhood.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz is expected to approve operational plans to initiate the takeover of Gaza City, Israeli news website Walla reported on Monday. At least 80,000 soldiers are to be deployed to capture the embattled city in the northern Gaza Strip,

The Al-Qassam Brigades have released new footage of their fighters engaging Israeli forces in the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Fearing an imminent Israeli ground offensive, thousands of Palestinians have left their homes in eastern areas of Gaza City, now under constant Israeli bombardment,

After nearly two years of war, the Israeli military says it controls about 75 percent of Gaza. The United Nations says more than 86 percent of Gaza is within the Israeli militarized zone or under evacuation orders.

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil kicked off the rally outside the New York Public Library near Bryant Park before those in attendance started marching across Manhattan. Protesters called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the United States to stop sending aid to Israel. People from across the country attended.

Fearing an Israeli onslaught could come soon, some Palestinian families began leaving eastern areas of Gaza City, now under constant Israeli bombardment, for points to the west and some explored evacuating further south.

International aid was seen being airdropped in Gaza City on Sunday. For over two weeks different countries have been participating in the delivery of aid from planes.

Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health

Palestinian residents of Gaza City have come under relentless Israeli bombardment as the military prepares for a major offensive to seize and ethnically cleanse the area, barring emergency workers from reaching people trapped in the residential Zeitoun neighbourhood.