DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors.

The Netherlands and 25 other countries have jointly condemned Israel's conduct in Gaza and are calling for an immediate end to the war. In a strongly worded statement issued at the initiative of the United Kingdom,

Foreign ministers of countries including Australia, Canada and Japan say “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths"

Gen. Eyal Zamir has made it clear that he does not want to endanger the remaining living 20 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the 25% of Gaza that the IDF has not taken over.

Abbas telephoned the pope July 21 “concerning recent developments in the conflict in the Gaza Strip and violence in the West Bank,” the Vatican press office said in a communique.

"Sadly, this act adds to the continuous military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza."

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has accused Israel of “ starving civilians ”, including a million children in Gaza, by blocking vital food and medicine deliveries into the besieged enclave.

Amid escalating violence, the Israeli military issues new evacuation warnings in central Gaza, affecting aid distribution. Despite ongoing ceasefire talks, military activities persist, and humanitarian conditions worsen.