Israel is pursuing the illusion of total victory and likely plans to reoccupy Gaza. Arab countries must persuade President Trump that an alternative is better.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as food supplies dwindle after Israel sealed the territory off from all imports nearly a month ago.

Israel's renewed military operation in Gaza "is expanding to crush and cleanse the area of ​​terrorists," Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Wednesday.

One protest took place in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, where protesters carried white flags and denounced the ruling Hamas.

Hamas fires two rockets at Ashkelon in second attack in as many days, both are intercepted; IDF troops push further into Strip, blow up former hospital being used as Hamas base

Thousands of Palestinians across the Strip were advised to flee again, underscoring Israel’s plans to intensify strikes after a ceasefire broke down last week.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate on Sunday as they began marking a normally festive Muslim holiday with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war.

The toll from Gaza’s Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Experts say it is probably an undercount.