Israeli strikes have killed at least 30 people in Gaza City, including children, according to health officials.

Israeli strikes in Gaza City overnight and at a refugee camp killed more than 40 people, including 19 women and children, according to health officials.

The grueling journey south is yet another displacement as many have already been forced from their homes several times over almost two years of war.

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It's falling apart from overuse.

Israeli tanks were stationed on the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday ahead of a planned ground operation into the enclave’s largest urban area, according to eyewitnesses and satellite imagery.

Reuters reported in January that the UAE had discussed with the US and Israel participating in an interim post-war Gaza administration that included the Palestinian Authority. In May, it reported the US had separately discussed the possibility of itself leading a temporary post-war administration.

Twenty years ago, Israel dismantled its settlements and withdrew from the Gaza Strip. Now, Israelis ask if it helped pave the way for the Oct. 7 attack, and some want to resettle there.