An Israeli air attack has killed 12 Palestinians, including nine members of one family, in a designated “safe zone” after they followed Israel’s evacuation orders to leave eastern Khan Younis, the Associated Press reports.

    The UN estimates that up to 250,000 people have been affected by Israel’s military order for people to leave areas near the southern city of Khan Younis as the total number of displaced people in Gaza is estimated to have reached 1.9 million.

    After hundreds of sick and wounded people fled the European Hospital in Khan Younis only three patients remain, says World Health Organization representative Rik Peeperkorn, pleading for the hospital to be spared from attacks as an Israeli ground invasion looms.

    The killing of four people in an Israeli air raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank brings to six the total number of Palestinians that have been killed in the area in the past 24 hours, including a woman and a child.

    At least 37,925 people have been killed and 87,141 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.

    How Israel destroyed Gaza’s ability to feed itself

    Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad

    At the start of summer, Gaza’s fields are usually bursting with ripening crops and fruits of all colours, scents and sizes.

    But, nearly nine months into Israel’s war on Gaza, abundant harvests have given way to devastation and a dire humanitarian crisis.

    A UN report says 96 percent of Gaza’s population is food insecure and one in five Palestinians, or about 495,000 people, is facing starvation.

    Satellite images analysed by Al Jazeera’s digital investigation team, Sanad show that more than half (60 percent) of Gaza’s farmland, crucial for feeding the war-ravaged territory’s hungry population, has been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks.

    Israeli military to enlist working ultra-Orthodox men first: Report

    The Israeli military has begun gathering income tax data from young ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to see who is working and enlist them first, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reports.

    The move comes following a major High Court ruling last month ordering the Israeli military to start conscripting 3,000 members of the Haredi community.

    Under longstanding arrangements, men from the community had been exempt from the draft for religious reasons.

    The move is popular among Israel’s general public, who believe the community should share the load during Israel’s war on Gaza, but highly unpopular among Haredis, who have staged major protests in recent weeks.

    Israeli settlers invade Palestinian village again as security forces look on

    Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair in the south of the occupied West Bank for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, as Israeli police and military again looked on, the Associated Press new agency reports.

    On Monday, settlers armed with tear gas and sticks attacked the Palestinian village injuring six residents, including four women and a five-year-old girl. Police and soldiers were also present during the attack but did nothing, AP reported.

    Eid Suleman, a well-known Palestinian artist who lives in the village and had his home demolished last week by Israeli authorities, said Israeli soldiers were present and simply watched as a group of settlers set up a tent in the village.

    The settlers spent about two hours in the tent, playing loud music and letting their sheep graze on the Palestinian village land. Later, a group of 40 settlers arrived to stand and pray in the middle of the Palestinian village, said Awdah Hathaleen, a 29-year-old teacher and lifelong resident of the village, which was founded in 1948.

    Last week, Israeli bulldozers demolished several houses in the village, leaving a quarter of its 200 people homeless, including 31 children.