More than one million people have fled their homes.
A Palestinian woman reacts next to people wounded in an Israeli air strike, at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip
A shell from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, The Gaza health ministry said 2,670 Palestinians have been killed and 9,600 wounded since the fighting erupted, more than in the 2014 Gaza war, which lasted more than six weeks. That makes this the deadliest of the five Gaza wars for both sides.A Palestinian woman kisses the sheet-covered body of a child killed during an Israeli air strike
Meanwhile, fighting along Israel’s border with Lebanon intensified on Sunday with Hezbollah militants firing rockets and an anti-tank missile, and Israel responding with air strikes and shelling. We stand with Israel as it defends itself. The United States is also actively working to ensure the people of Gaza can get out of harm’s way and the assistance they need — food, water, medicine — can get in. Hamas does not care if Palestinians suffer.A Hezbollah spokeswoman said the increased strikes represented a “warning” and did not mean Hezbollah has decided to enter the war.
Gaza’s sole power plant shut down for lack of fuel after Israel completely sealed off the 25-mile long territory following the Hamas attack. “An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding under our eyes,” said Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
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