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According to the Hamas-run government media office, dozens of people were killed and injured in heavy strikes on areas east of Khan Yunis. Areas in the central and northern Gaza Strip were still coming under bombardment.
Since the expiry of the truce on Friday, fighting in Gaza has resumed between Hamas and advancing Israeli troops, as have Palestinian groups’ rocket launches toward Israel and Israel's air strikes on the Palestinian territory.
Following months of fierce bombardment and fighting, most of Gaza's population has also been displaced and people are grappling with shortages of fuel, food, water and medicine.
The United Nations said Israel had issued evacuation orders on Wednesday for large areas of Khan Yunis, where more than 140,000 displaced people were sheltering.
The United States is seeking to change the text's references to a cessation of hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war and to putting the United Nations in charge of inspecting trucks to ensure they are actually carrying humanitarian goods, which Israel opposes.
The move comes as Israel faces increasing scrutiny over its military tactics and a civilian toll that has surpassed 21,000 in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
This year's New Year's Eve celebrations are overshadowed by the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which have cast a pall over festivities and heightened tensions across parts of the world.
The Egyptian plan calls for a phased hostage release and the formation of a Palestinian government of experts to administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, according to a senior Egyptian official and a European diplomat familiar with the proposal.
Last night’s mass at the St. Catherine’s Church was attended by local folk and some visitors but foreign tourists and pilgrims who normally flock to Bethlehem for the holidays are few and far between.
Saudi Arabia condemned on Thursday “Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty” after Iran fired missiles at Iraq bases where US troops are deployed in retaliation for the killing of a top commander.