Khaled Meshal, one of Hamas’s most senior officials, said in an interview that the militant group expects to play a decisive role in the enclave when the war is over.

Israel has repeatedly said it targets Hamas militants, who often hide with civilians and use them as human shields, in retaliation for their Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel that launched the war in Gaza.

Israel's war goals have been expanded to include the return of residents of the northern region who were evacuated near the Lebanon border due to attacks from Hezbollah.

Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people Monday in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children. Israel says it only targets militants and accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations accuses Israel of striking schools, humanitarian workers, and civilians.

Israel's army says it has killed a senior commander of the terrorist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad in an attack inside a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Ahmed Aish Salame al-Hashash was the head of the group's rocket and missile unit in the Rafah area of Gaza and responsible for firing rockets from an area designated as a humanitarian zone into Israeli territory,

An investigation by The National's special projects and data journalism team has logged 60 eviction orders issued by the Israeli military, detailing a pattern of continuous forced displacement and chaos in Gaza.