Hundreds of thousands converge on Deir al-Balah, the only major area in the coastal enclave yet to be stormed by Israeli forces
Ismail Al-Kahlout and wife Arefa cook on a wood fire in their makeshift home set up on the rubble of their house that was destroyed by the Israeli army last December in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Imageson Monday in the face of new Israeli evacuation orders, worsening the humanitarian plight in an area already inundated with displaced people fleeing an assault in the south.
The Israeli military said fighter jets hit 35 targets across the Gaza Strip as troops battled fighters in Khan Younis and Rafah, close to the border with Egypt. The armed wings of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said fierce gun battles have been ongoing in those two areas as well as in the suburb of Tel Al-Hawa in Gaza City further north.
Some families used donkey carts and rickshaws to carry whatever belongings remained. Many walked for several kilometres on foot to reach Deir or al-Zawayda town to the west. Negotiations are set to continue after Israeli officials returned from the latest round in Rome on Sunday. The US, which sponsors the talks, has repeatedly said a deal is close; the latest talks are over a proposal President Joe Biden unveiled back in May.“It is clear from what the mediators conveyed that Netanyahu has returned to his strategy of procrastination, evasion, and avoiding reaching an agreement by setting new conditions and demands,” Hamas said in a statement on Monday.
According to the World Health Organisation, polio is endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but 35 countries are still listed as subject to outbreaks, including Gaza’s neighbour Egypt, and any country risks the return of the disease if an outbreak goes unchecked. Israel said last week it was offering polio vaccines to troops deployed in Gaza.
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