"The focus is on Lebanon, which means the war in Gaza isn't ending anytime soon," Hussam Ali, a 45-year-old Gaza City resident who said his family had been displaced seven times since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7 last year, told Reuters via a chat app.

As attention swings to Lebanon, the war in Gaza risks being prolonged, with both Israel and Hamas seeing the conflict in Lebanon as a way to end the Gaza conflict

The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency said the Israeli military operation had included an incursion by ground troops and airstrikes.

CAIRO - Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 41,788 Palestinians and wounded 96,794 since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.

Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that at least 51 people had been killed in the enclave over the previous 24 hours, as the Israeli military has stepped up attacks al