GAZA(National times)- The Israeli military onslaught on Gaza City continues nonstop, resulting in the killing of more than 50 Palestinians, including aid seekers, as it seeks to seize control of the enclave\u2019s biggest urban centre \u2013 home to some 1 million people. At least 105 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli strikes levelled densely populated areas, particularly al-Sabra neighbourhood, which has been under attack for days. At least 32 of those were killed while seeking aid. The attacks are intensified as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is facing a \u201cdecisive stage\u201d of the war as it prepares to seize Gaza City despite global condemnation. \u201cPalestinians are in a cage in Gaza City right now, trying to survive as many air strikes as possible. Wherever they go, the air strikes follow them,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Hind Khoudary. \u201cThey are also dying from the food and aid blockade as they are not able to get the basic means of sustenance,\u201d she said, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. Palestinians are struggling to survive the dual threats of targeted attacks and starvation, with at least 13 people dying of starvation in the past 24 hours, bringing the total hunger-related death toll since the war began to 361. Eighty-three of those deaths have been recorded since a global hunger monitor confirmed famine conditions in Gaza on August 22. Among those killed on Tuesday were at least 21 people, including seven children, who were struck by an Israeli drone while queuing for water in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Images posted online by Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal showed children\u2019s bodies and water containers stained with blood at the attack site, which Israel had previously declared a so-called \u201csafe zone\u201d. \u201cThey were standing in line to fill up water \u2026 when the occupation forces directly targeted them, turning their search for life into a new massacre,\u201d Basal said on Tuesday. In Gaza City, an Israeli strike on the al-Af family home killed 10 people, mostly women and children, Gaza officials said. \u201cThese crimes expose the criminal fascist nature of the enemy,\u201d Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office said in a statement, accusing Washington of complicity. It called Israel\u2019s actions \u201cwar crimes under international law\u201d and urged the UN Security Council to halt the \u201cbrutal genocide\u201d. Two more journalists, Rasmi Salem of al-Manara and Eman al-Zamli, were killed in the latest attacks, bringing the total number of journalists killed since October 7, 2023, to more than 270. The war in Gaza has become the deadliest conflict for media workers ever recorded, press watchdogs say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISRAEL STARTS GROUND ASSAULT IN GAZA CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On Tuesday, thousands of Israeli reservists reported for duty as efforts to end the war seemed to be stalling. Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Hamas had accepted a ceasefire proposal, but Israel had yet to respond. \u201cThere has been no Israeli response yet,\u201d he said, adding that negotiations with mediators and the United States had stalled. He warned that Israel\u2019s plan to occupy Gaza \u201cposes a threat to everyone\u201d, including Israeli captives. But Israel has tightened its siege of Gaza City in recent days, barring even limited humanitarian aid deliveries. Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir confirmed ground operations were intensifying. \u201cWe are going to deepen our operation,\u201d he told reservists as tens of thousands of troops were called up. Israeli media reported that 365 soldiers have refused to report for duty. Prime Minister Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, said in a video statement on Tuesday that \u201cwe are working to defeat Hamas.\u201d Yemen\u2019s Houthi movement said its forces launched four drones targeting Israel\u2019s General Staff headquarters near Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, a power station, and the port of Ashdod, days after Israel killed Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi along with top officials in Sanaa. The group claimed its drones \u201csuccessfully hit their targets.\u201d It also said a missile and drone attack struck a cargo vessel in the Red Sea for violating a ban on entering Israeli ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n INTERNATIONAL \u2018INDIFFERENCE\u2019 TO PALESTINE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed Belgium\u2019s decision to recognise the State of Palestine on Tuesday and urged other nations to follow suit, saying it was \u201cin line with international law and UN resolutions\u201d and necessary to halt \u201cgenocide, displacement, starvation, and annexation\u201d. In a separate statement, the ministry accused the international community of \u201calarming\u201d indifference to Gaza\u2019s economic collapse and Israel\u2019s seizure of Palestinian tax revenues. It called for urgent financial support to \u201cenhance the resilience of citizens and their steadfastness on their homeland\u2019s soil\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GAZA(National times)- The Israeli military onslaught on Gaza City continues nonstop, resulting in the killing of more than 50 Palestinians, including aid seekers, as it seeks to seize control of the enclave\u2019s biggest urban centre \u2013 home to some 1 million people. At least 105 Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli strikes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n