Israel pounds Gaza as hunger spreads, disease risk grows

Israeli tanks and warplanes pummeled southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the UN said aid distribution to Gazans facing growing hunger had largely halted because of the intensity of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s main city which Israel troops began storming last week, residents said tank shelling was now focused on the city center. One said tanks were operating on Tuesday morning in the street where the house of Yahya al-Sinwar, Hamas’ leader in Gaza, is located.

An elderly Palestinian, Tawfik Abu Breika, said his residential block in Gaza’s Khan Younis was hit without warning by a fresh Israeli airstrike on Tuesday that had brought down several buildings and caused casualties.