Hundreds and thousands of Gazans have already fled south ahead of an expected Israeli invasion a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on Israel.
Gaza health ministry says 2,329 Palestinians have been killed since start of war, making it deadliest of five wars for Gaza.Israel says Gaza will receive no fuel, food, water or electricity until Hamas terrorists release Israeli hostages, as charities warn there are just hours worth of fuel left.
The US was sending a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean, in a bid to deter allies of Hamas, such as Iran or Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, from seeking to widen the war. The Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday it is planning an "air, sea and land offensive" on Gaza and said Hamas were blocking Palestine leaving the north.
In Israel, pathologists and others at a military base worked through the Jewish Sabbath to identify the more than 1,300 Israelis and others killed in Hamas's October 7 assault. In a televised address Saturday night, Israel’s chief military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, accused Hamas of trying to use civilians as human shields.
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday the US was moving a second carrier strike group, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, to the eastern Mediterranean, in a show of force meant to deter any allies of Hamas, such as Iran or Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, from seeking to widen the war.
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