In an apparent Hamas propaganda coup, social media and established news outlets are widely reporting that Israel’s “occupation forces” are dropping cruel leaflets over Gaza urging residents to leave the Strip or be forced out. Israel says the leaflets are fake.

Palestinians are uniformly horrified at the new bloodshed, which has brought the overall death toll in the territory to more than 50,000, according to the Gazan health ministry. Many Palestinians had only just returned to their homes after months of displacement and now have been forced to flee once more.

Israel is making plans for a potential major ground offensive in Gaza that would involve sending tens of thousands of troops into combat to clear and occupy large swaths of the enclave, an Israeli official and a second source familiar with the matter said.

More than 200 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-ruled enclave's Ministry of Health said, as Hamas accused Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire deal.

UN officials harmed by clearing landmines, not by Israeli airstrike • IDF strikes Hamas terrorists in Gaza in restrained second round

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s military has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south, killing two people and wounding others. The ministry says Sunday night's strike caused a large