Israeli air drones killed two in Rafah and injured three in Khan Younis, escalating tensions after the ceasefire's first phase ended without an agreement.

Palestinian militant group Hamas has said Israel is trying to push things back to square one by asking to extend the first phase of their Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.

Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza in an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of its war with Hamas.

Four Palestinians were killed in Gaza as Israel resumed airstrikes following the collapse of the first phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement. At least four Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as Israel escalates its

According to a report by Oxfam, Israel has wrecked at least 1,040 miles of Gaza’s water and sanitation network, with over 80 percent of infrastructure partially or totally destroyed. This includes the destruction of the vast majority of sewage pumps, desalination plants and municipal wells, the group found.

Israel is gradually intensifying its measures against Hamas. While it has not resumed military operations, even in a limited capacity, it has completely halted humanitarian aid to Gaza. The number of aid trucks entering the Strip has dropped from 600 per day to zero.