Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to support hostages still held in Gaza on the 600th day since the war began, urging a ceasefire to secure their release.Signs reading "The people with the hostages" were held aloft the packed crowd in the plaza dubbed Hostages Square after darkness fell over the Israeli coastal city.

A second official resigned from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private aid organization backed by the U.S. and Israel and aimed at distributing food in Gaza.

Several Western countries, including UK, France, and Canada, have threatened to impose sanctions on Tel Aviv - Anadolu Ajansı

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for residents of Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and nearby towns

The strike on the school in Gaza City's Daraj neighborhood also wounded dozens of people, an emergency official said. A separate strike on a home in Jabaliya in northern Gaza killed 16 members of a family.

Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.

Hospitals and medics say airstrikes in Israel’s new offensive killed at least 103 people overnight and into Sunday.

A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Israeli airstrikes have killed numerous Palestinians in Gaza amid international calls for a halt to military operations.