Israel says its military is carrying out an operation against Hamas in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
An eyewitness inside the hospital tells the BBC they saw tanks and commando soldiers enter its main emergency department
The US says it has intelligence backing Israel's claim that Hamas has a command centre under Al-Shifa - Hamas denies this
Earlier, a doctor at the hospital, which is short of fuel, said 200 patients had been buried there in a mass grave
Thousands of people sleeping in tents in Gaza face a night of torrential rain
Israel began striking Gaza after Hamas's 7 October attacks, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage
The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since - of whom more than 4,500 were children
The deputy health minister in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, Youssef Abu Rish, has told the AFP news that all hospitals in the north of Gaza are "out of service".
Fighting has been taking place in recent days close to several key hospitals. Some have been largely evacuated - others are struggling with shortages of fuel, water, food and medical supplies.
Image source, PA MediaThomas Hand and Natali Hand hold an image of Emily at the Dublin news conference
The Irish father and sister of eight-year-old Emily Hand, who is believed to be held hostage since she was taken by Hamas on 7 October, tell a Dublin news conference of their distress at her disappearance.
Thomas Hand, originally from Dun Laoghaire, travelled to Dublin with Natalie "to drum up as much sympathy and support" for hostages taken to Gaza.
He describes his daughter Emily as a "fun-loving child", adding that “even my dog misses her”.
“And now she's kidnapped in Gaza along with many others,” he adds.
Emily’s sister Natali was in Australia when Hamas attacked southern Israel. Emily video-called her older sister from Kibbutz Be'eri, telling Natali the house she had been staying in that night was burnt down.
"Our bodies hurt from crying, we have no tears left," says Natali, whose mother was killed on 7 October.
The Israeli ambassador to Ireland, Dana Erlich, said Hamas needed to held accountable “for what they're doing to both sides” in the conflict.
"The Irish Government has been very clear about condemning Hamas, and we need to continue doing so and hold them accountable to everything that they're doing."
Deirdre Finnerty
Live reporter
Image source, Ezzeldin AlbornoJana Alborno, 13 and her sister Farah, 11 tell me they fled their three-bedroomed apartment in the Rimal district of Gaza City when the war began.
“It was really a rush,” Jana says. “I didn’t want to leave but we had to.”
The girls say they took shelter in their grandmother’s house with their parents and two younger siblings before their home was destroyed.
Later, when Israel told people living in the north of Gaza to head south ahead of the ground invasion, the family ended up in a farmhouse owned by friends on the outskirts of Khan Younis.
In Khan Younis, the girls live with 90 others, 30 of whom are children under 18. They sleep on mattresses upstairs - a big change from the bedroom they shared in Gaza City with K-Pop posters on the walls and Hello Kitty bedspreads. They tell me they sometimes get frightened by the sounds of strikes.
“It’s really scary here and sometimes I even cry,” Farah says. “The noises are really traumatising to hear.”
Farah wishes she had more crochet yarn, her Harry Potter books and clothes and Jana misses swimming and playing basketball. She longs for the freedom she had before the war started.
"I could do everything I wanted," Jana says.
Image source, Ezzeldin AlbornoBefore the war, the girls shared a bedroom
People in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, are improvising in order to bake bread amidst the ruined buildings.
Israel's intelligence minister Gila Gamliel has been speaking to BBC Radio 4.
She was asked repeatedly about what specific intelligence Israel had for its claims that Hamas had a command centre under Gaza's largest hospital - Al Shifa.
Gamliel did not give details, though she reiterated the Israel Defence Forces' assertion, in a post on X in the past hour, external, that Hamas had attacked Israeli soldiers with an RPG from the entrance of al-Quds hospital.
She said Hamas military facilities were located near and even under UN facilities, as well as mosques and schools. Hamas was making "extensive use" of hospitals, medical institutions and ambulances for military purposes, and using Gazans as human shields, she added.
Asked about progress in negotiations on the release of more than 200 Israeli and foreign nationals being held hostage in Gaza, she said Israel did not differentiate between the abductees on the basis of their citizenship or other criteria. She added that Israel was doing everything it could to work for their freedom.
Gamliel called for the hostages' immediate and unconditional release, and for the Red Cross to be permitted to visit them.
Image source, ReutersDoctors in Gaza have told the BBC that dead bodies are piling up and beginning to rot inside and around Al-Shifa hospital.
Dr. Marwan Al-Barsh who is the director-general of the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza said there were, "more than a hundred corpses" piled up in the courtyard, with the situation exacerbated by a lack of fuel to power the mortuaries.
"The electricity was cut off by the Israeli occupation forces that targeted the generators, which led to the decomposition and rotting of the corpses as we see worms coming out of them", Al-Barsh said on BBC Arabic's Gaza Lifeline programme.
Al-Bursh said they were struggling to bury their dead because of threats from the IDF.
“We tried to co-ordinate with the occupation forces so that we would be allowed to bury the dead bodies inside the hospital, yet anyone who attempts to get out of the hospital is directly shot."
Israel asserts that there is a Hamas command centre underneath Al-Shifa - IDF spokeswoman Libby Weiss said: "We know that with certainty." Hamas and hospital authorities deny this.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, which supports many essential services in Gaza, says its fuel depot has run dry, according to comments reported by Reuters.
It's chief, Philippe Lazzarini, told donors that within a few days the agency would no longer be able to resupply hospitals, remove sewage and provide drinking water.
In the past couple of hours, Tom White, the Director of UNRWA Affairs for Gaza, said on X: "The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza."
He said this morning two of the agency's main water distribution contractors ceased working, which he said would deny drinkable water to 200,000 people.
The contractors "simply ran out of fuel", he said.
Israel has not allowed any fuel into Gaza since Hamas attacked the country on 7 October, arguing it would benefit the group's military operations.
Israel has said there was enough fuel in Gaza and accused Hamas of stockpiling it. As we reported earlier, Israel also offered 300 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital.
Over a week ago, a US official said UNRWA was able to access existing reserves in the territory, and that there was an "agreed mechanism" for when this fuel ran out.
According to Reuters, Lazzarini said the UN agency had been slowly emptying a fuel depot on the Gaza-Israel border and a request to the Israeli military to replenish it had gone unanswered.
Image source, Getty ImagesUNRWA has been delivering fuel to hospitals, but says it may not be able to continue much longer
A Palestinian woman has told the BBC that Israeli troops stormed the Al-Suwaidi (Swedish) Clinic in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, and ordered 800 displaced people who had been sheltering there to leave.
“They took the young men out, including my three sons and separated the women and children,” Maryam al-Arabeed, 65, said on Monday morning.
“I saw an Israeli bulldozer completely demolish the Al-Suwaidi building.”
Arabeed said she and six other women, as well as a number of children, walked away from the clinic and slept in the street after being told by the troops to go to Al-Shifa Hospital, which is about 1km (0.6 miles) to the south.
The UN has warned that the situation is dire at Al-Shifa, with constant gunfire and bombings in the area. Doctors have said that patients had died because of power cuts caused by a lack of fuel.
“I am in the hospital and I do not know where my sons and relatives are,” Arabeed said.
“Tanks were shooting above our heads and they asked us not to look to the right or left. I saw dozens of martyrs and wounded screaming in the road.”
The Israel Defense Forces has told the BBC it was looking into the allegation.
On Sunday morning, the IDF said in a statement, external that during a battle in Shati camp its soldiers had identified civilians located in a building in the area. “The IDF secured an evacuation route for the civilians, and as the civilians were evacuating, terrorists fired at the troops from the outskirts of the area,” it added.
The UN said overnight, external that the Al-Suwaidi Clinic had reportedly been hit and destroyed in an air strike on Saturday.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus blamed Hamas for endangering staff at Al-Shifa hospital
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman has told the BBC that the fuel urgently needed to save the lives of premature babies at Al-Shifa hospital, has been rejected by Hamas.
"We have provided assistance, we have provided fuel for the hospital. Fuel that has not been taken at the orders of Hamas," said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus.
Conricus also "categorically" denied claims by staff in the hospital that they would be attacked by the IDF if they stepped outside the medical facility to collect the 300 litres of fuel being offered by Israel.
"I categorically deny that and if it's not safe, it wouldn't be on behalf of Israeli troops, it would be because of Hamas", he told the BBC.
Conricus said that Hamas told the hospital manager at Al-Shifa "not to take the fuel" and suggested that it was "probably the same Hamas that is firing and endangering those staff there".
"It is a cynical, the most cynical use of human beings as props."
The IDF have offered 300 litres of fuel to the hospital so far, but Al-Shifa says it needs 500 litres an hour to operate.
Image source, ReutersThe Israeli army said on Monday that two more soldiers have died during fighting in northern Gaza.
According to the Israeli media, external, the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the beginning of the ground operation had risen to 44.
The Israeli army said it was continuing to carry out raids on the outskirts of the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.
Image source, .As we've been reporting, there has been fighting around several hospitals in the north of Gaza. Here are the key things we know about the main ones:
Al-Shifa
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Al-Shifa hospital - the Gaza Strip's largest - "is not functioning as a hospital anymore". It says there is "constant gunfire and bombings in the area" around it in Gaza City.
According to hospital staff, three babies are reported to have died, out of 39 that could no longer be given intensive care treatment because of fuel shortages.
Israel has repeatedly denied accusations its forces have attacked the hospital, but has acknowledged clashes with Hamas fighters in the area. It says Hamas has a command centre under the hospital - which the hospital and Hamas both deny.
Al-Quds
On Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Al-Quds hospital had run out of fuel and was no longer operational.
On Monday, the PCRS said there was "heavy gunfire" and "bombardment" in the area and Israeli tanks and military were stationed near the hospital "from all directions". It said medical staff and patients were trapped without food, water or electricity and a convoy accompanied by the Red Cross to evacuate them halted because of dangerous conditions en route.
Rantisi and Al-Nasr
The Rantisi Specialised Hospital for Children and the adjacent Al-Nasr facility in the north of Gaza City were evacuated on Friday save for a handful of patients and staff. Rantisi had Gaza's only paediatric cancer ward.
An Israeli tank has been filmed operating outside the Rantisi hospital.
Mohammed Zaqout, the director of hospitals in Gaza, said yesterday the evacuations "left dozens of sick children on the streets without any medical care" and the fate of five children left in intensive care was unknown. On Saturday, Israel accused a Hamas commander, external of preventing about 1,000 people from leaving the hospital before it was evacuated.
On Friday, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman said Israel did not fire on hospitals - but would "do what we need to" if Hamas fired from hospital grounds.
An Israeli power company says one of its workers was killed by anti-tank fire from Lebanon.
On Sunday, the Israeli army said it launched air strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, after Hezbollah fired mortars and anti-tank missiles towards Israel, causing casualties.
Rocket sirens frequently sound in northern Israeli towns on Lebanese border to warn civilians of incoming attacks.
Hezbollah, whose rocket arsenal is widely believed to dwarf that of Hamas, has been carrying out relatively limited attacks on Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians, since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October.
Image source, Getty ImagesA ship carrying generators, ambulances and other medical items from Turkey arrived at Al Arish Port on Monday
A Turkish ship carrying materials for field hospitals has arrived in an Egyptian port near the Rafah border crossing.
The vessel brought generators, ambulances and other medical supplies to the port of Al Arish, with the aim of establishing eight field hospitals, according to AFP.
It is the first such aid vessel to arrive in Egypt since war broke out on 7 October when Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostage.
The World Health Organization says Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City "is not functioning as a hospital anymore". Other facilities are reporting similar situations - a lack of supplies and power, and an ever-present threat to life due to fighting.
A Turkish health official told AFP that Ankara had been given green light by the Egyptian authorities to build the field hospitals in Al Arish, which lies about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Rafah border.
Funerals of soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been taking place in Israel today.
Master sergeant (reserves) Sergey Shmerkin, 32, was buried in Kiryat Shmona, as emotional friends and family looked on.
A ceremony was held for Master sergeant (reserves) Matan Meir, 38, in Odem. Meir was a crew member for Netflix series Fauda. A statement , externalon the show's social media account said: "The cast and crew are heartbroken by this tragic loss".
Israeli media has reported that 44 soldiers have died fighting in northern Gaza since its operation against Hamas began.
Image source, ReutersFriends and family mourn Sergey Shmerkin at his funeral in northern Israel
Image source, ReutersSoldiers talk to the mother of Sergey Shmerkin who was killed in the northern Gaza Strip
Image source, ReutersIsraeli soldiers carry the coffin of Master sergeant (reserves) Matan Meir
Image source, ReutersFriends and family mourn Matan Meir at the service in Odem, northern Isreal.
United Nations workers observed a minute's silence to honour the more than 100 employees killed in Gaza.
UN flags flew at half mast as the staff in Geneva and bowed their heads as a candle was lit in memory of the 101 employees of UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) killed since the war broke out.
"This is the highest number of aid workers killed in the history of our organisation in such a short time," said Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the UN in Geneva.
Established in 1949 following the first Arab-Israeli war, UNRWA provides public services including schools, healthcare and aid. Many of UNRWA's 5,000 staff working in Gaza are Palestinian refugees themselves.
Video from the AFP news agency shows a resident filming the destruction in the Al-Saraya area in the centre of Gaza City.
The BBC has not independently verified the footage.
The US said earlier that it had carried out air strikes on two bases used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria and Iran-affiliated groups in response to continued attacks on US military personnel in Syria and Iraq.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, is now reporting that eight members of Iran-backed militias were killed, external, most of them non-Syrian nationals.
It says the strikes destroyed a weapons depot in the countryside around Albu Kamal and a rocket launch platform near Mayadin.
The SOHR also says Iran-backed militias fired rockets at the US bases in the Conoco gas field and the al-Omar oil field overnight. There were no immediate reports of any US casualties.
Image source, IDFIsraeli soldiers in military vehicles are in the northern Gaza Strip
The Israeli army has released a statement giving an update about its continuing operation in the Gaza Strip, along with some pictures.
The army said it has conducted 4300 air strikes during its campaign against Hamas, targeting tunnel shafts and Hamas command and control centres, hitting "3,000 terrorist infrastructure sites", according to the statement.
As we've been reporting, in recent days there have been reports of fierce fighting near hospitals in Gaza City as Israeli forces continue their ground operation against Hamas.
The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has previously said that "constant gunfire and bombings" in the area around the Al-Shifa hospital in the city has "exacerbated the already critical circumstances" for the facility.
Adam Easton
Warsaw Correspondent
The first Polish citizens to have left Gaza are now on their way to Poland aboard military planes, the Polish foreign ministry says.
On Sunday, 18 Polish citizens, including children, left Gaza via the Rafah border crossing and entered Egypt, security officials said.
Two Polish C-130 Hercules military aircraft were dispatched on Sunday to Egypt and they are now on their way to the country, the ministry said on the X platform.
One Polish citizen, Alex Danzig, is being held hostage by Hamas, the state news agency PAP has reported.
Image source, OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe EU has called for "meaningful" pauses in fighting within Gaza to allow deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals running.
Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, told a meeting in Brussels on Monday that "more than half of hospitals in the Gaza Strip have stopped working… primarily because of lack of fuel".
"These pauses have to be meaningful," says Lenarcic.
"First of all, they have to be announced well in advance of the implementation so organisations can prepare to exploit them. Second, they have to be clearly defined time-wise."
No fuel has been allowed into Gaza since the Hamas attacks on 7 October.
The EU's 27 countries issued a statement on Sunday demanding "immediate humanitarian pauses" and condemning Hamas for using the medical facilities and civilians as "human shields".
Last week the US said Israel would start daily four-hour military pauses in parts of northern Gaza as it continues its offensive.