Israel Prepares for Assault on Gaza's Last Town as Ceasefire Talks Stall

Israel warned it would move for the first time into a town in the heart of the Gaza Strip that it had earlier skirted for fear of harming hostages, as it accused Hamas of stalling at US-brokered ceasefire talks and the war's toll on Palestinian civilians spiraled.

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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday told Palestinians in parts of Deir al-Balah to immediately move southward to a tent city for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by 21 months of fighting.

Israel shuttered traditional aid distribution channels in favor of a US-backed alternative, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which it argued would help sideline Hamas. The UN has called it discriminatory and insufficient to stave off famine for many of the enclave's residents.