The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave's largest city.

At least 10 Palestinians were killed, including three aid seekers, and several others were injured in a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said. A medical source said five family members were killed in a drone strike in northwestern Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Israel's military has launched the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City and IDF forces are already holding the outskirts of the region. Follow the latest below.

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a settlement project that would effectively split the occupied West Bank in two, possibly destroying hopes for a future Palestinian state.

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Gaza City presents a challenge. In 2024, it was largely cut off from central Gaza because the IDF held the Netzarim corridor.

Hamas said that Israel's plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a "new wave of genocide and displacement" for hundreds of thousands.

It comes a day after Hamas said it accepted a proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of the 50 hostages would be freed.