By Umut Uras and Caolán Magee

    Israel has launched dozens of air strikes across Gaza with northern Gaza City in its crosshairs after the military issued forced evacuation threats, raising fears of an intensified ground assault.

    Israeli forces killed at least 85 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn with dozens wounded including in an attack on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

    Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid urged an end to the war, saying there was “no longer any benefit” for Israel to continue.

    Egypt’s foreign minister says his country is working on a new Gaza deal that includes a 60-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of some Israeli captives.

    Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,531 people and wounded 133,642, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 taken captive.

    Gaza death toll rises to 85

    Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 85 people today, medical sources have told our colleagues on the ground.

    Israeli army shoots at journalists in Jenin

    The Israeli army shot at a group of journalists and photographers near Jenin Government Hospital, according to eyewitnesses and local sources cited by the Wafa news agency.

    The journalists were documenting large-scale demolitions being carried out by Israeli forces when they were targeted.

    Meanwhile, bulldozers continued tearing down shops, residential buildings and roads in the area, as part of what local officials say is a plan to demolish 95 homes in the camp.

    Palestinian killed, eight wounded by Israeli attack at aid distribution centre

    A Palestinian was killed and eight were wounded by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting for aid east of Khan Younis, Nasser Medical Complex has confirmed.

    The incident adds to a growing list of deadly attacks targeting Palestinians seeking humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

    Earlier, the hospital reported that Israeli forces killed at least 21 people and wounded 20 more as they tried to access desperately needed food aid in southern Gaza.

    In a rare admission, the Israeli army acknowledged that Palestinian civilians have been shot dead by soldiers at aid distribution centers in Gaza.

    Israeli shooting at Palestinians seeking aid are committing ‘blatant war crimes’

    The deliberate shooting and killing by Israeli soldiers of unarmed Palestinian civilians awaiting humanitarian aid at distribution points in Gaza amounts to genocide, legal experts say.

    Martin Shaw, a British sociologist and academic, was quoted as saying by Anadolu Agency that Israel has used heavy weapons against Palestinian civilians for the past 20 months, destroying the very foundations of life and making people completely dependent on humanitarian aid.

    “They [Israel] block the aid, so that people starve. Then they block genuine humanitarian organizations from working in Gaza, making people dependent on a new US body which provides inadequate food,” Shaw said.

    “Then they shoot and kill the starving as they try to get aid. It is difficult to imagine a clearer pattern of genocide.”

    Luigi Daniele, associate professor at Italy’s University of Molise, said: “These are, in my opinion, some of the most blatant war crimes we have seen in entire decades of armed conflicts. These are clearly direct attacks on civilians, [and] as such intentional.