Heavy combating has raged within the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis as Israel pressed forward with its offensive after the US blocked the newest worldwide efforts to halt combating and despatched extra munitions to its ally.
Israel has confronted rising worldwide outrage and requires a ceasefire after the killing of hundreds of civilians and the displacement of practically 85 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants.
However the US has pledged help for Israel’s purpose of crushing Hamas to stop any repeat of the 7 October assault.