The Israeli military plans to mobilize around 50,000 reservists ahead of the planned capture of Gaza City, with draft notices due to be sent out in the coming days, according to a military representative.

Deffrin: "Our forces already control the outskirts of the city" • IDF working to provide sufficient spaces for Gazan civilians to safely evacuate

Displaced residents of Gaza City are split over a potential ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could allow them to return to their homes.

As strikes on Gaza continue, Israel says it is studying what Qatar has, in its role as mediator, described as a "positive response" by Hamas to a ceasefire proposal. Spokesperson for Qatar's Foreign Ministry Majid al-Ansari declined to go into the details of the deal,

Palestinian residents of Gaza City have come under relentless Israeli bombardment as the military prepares for a major offensive to seize and ethnically cleanse the area, barring emergency workers from reaching people trapped in the residential Zeitoun neighbourhood.