Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said in May that most of Gaza would soon be "totally destroyed" and the population confined to a narrow strip of land near the border with Egypt.

The director of Al-Shifa hospital was on duty Saturday marshalling the facility's response to Israel's assault on Gaza City when two victims killed in a strike were delivered to the ward: his brother and his sister-in-law.

An estimated 1 million Palestinians were living in the Gaza City region before warnings to evacuate began ahead of the offensive. The Israeli military estimates 350,000 people have left the city. The U.N. estimates that more than 238,000 Palestinians have fled northern Gaza over the past month. Hundreds of thousands more have stayed behind.

JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Israel's military kept up its assault on Gaza City and the wider Gaza Strip on Saturday, dismantling underground shafts and booby-trapped structures in attacks that killed at least 60 Palestinians, according to Gazan health authorities.

American veterans are working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to get aid to Palestinians in need of food after facing nearly two years of war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported the idea that Palestinians in Gaza should be allowed to voluntarily leave and suggested that other countries should accept them.

Remotely detonated explosive-laden APCs are the latest terror Palestinians describe having to navigate as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City

Israel has launched its offensive in Gaza City, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war.

A Palestinian man used a jet ski to complete his escape from Gaza to Europe after a year of failed attempts through traditional smuggling routes.

Tent encampments in the city's Sheik Radwan neighborhood almost completely emptied out in the first few weeks of September as residents headed south.

Growing international frustration with Israel is leading to a push to revive the two-state solution. This could be its last chance.