The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of the conflict.

The prime minister said that while Israel plans to take “all” of Gaza, he had to prevent mass starvation there for “practical and diplomatic reasons.”

No humanitarian aid has been distributed yet in the Gaza Strip, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, despite more supplies being dropped off on the Palestinian

Palestinians in Gaza are fleeing Khan Younis after the Israeli military issued expulsion orders for the besieged territory’s second-largest city. This comes as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensifies,

UK Foreign Minister David Lammy called Israeli operations in Gaza an "affront" and suspended talks on a free trade deal. Meanwhile, the UN said Israel had allowed more aid trucks into the enclave. DW has more.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Washington is "troubled" by the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to deliver aid into the enclave.

Airstrikes killed more than 48 people in and around the Palestinian territory’s southern city of Khan Younis overnight and into Sunday.

The crisis in Gaza has reached one of its darkest periods, as Israel blocks all food and supplies from entering and continues an intensifying bombardment campaign.