Israel said it had surrounded the refugee Jabaliya camp in the north, the largest in Gaza, with the Israeli military claiming it was used by Hamas as a base. The United Nations for its part warned for a “hell scenario” in Gaza. Unicef ​​says there are no ‘safe zones’ nowhere in Gaza, while the World Health Organization warns that the situation getting worse with each passing hour.

In southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a major military operation in the south is expected soonin and around Han Younis, where warning leaflets were said to have been dropped. Han Younis is bombarded. The announcement comes hours after the Palestinian health authority said 43 people had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the city. A spokesman for the Israeli government said that he expects “difficult” battles in the final phase of the IDF offensive on Gaza.

The Israeli official had no comment on the reports for a large pump system which are assembled to flood the Hamas tunnel network under Gaza with seawater from the Mediterranean.

For his part, the emir of Qatar criticized the “shameful” international inaction on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, during the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha.

“It is a shame for the international community to allow this heinous crime to continue for nearly two monthsduring which the systematic and deliberate killing of innocent civilians, including women and children, continues,” said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

Israel categorically denies that it targets civilians, saying it goes to great lengths to protect them and accuses the Palestinian terror group of building its entire strategy around using civilians as “human shields” to protect its members from being targeted by Israel.

Israel announced that there would be a “regular pause” earlier at Rafah, on the southern border, to allow aid to enter.