Hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians in Gaza, including four children.

The mortar shell struck just two seconds after the red alert blared out, giving the group of children playing football no time to react.

Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel's proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on Saturday.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health warns of mass casualties as fuel shortages shut down hospitals, rescue services, and water wells.

Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory -- food, fuel, medicine -- it is in extremely short supply.

A proposal seen by Reuters and bearing the name of a controversial U.S.-backed aid group described a plan to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside - and possibly outside - Gaza to house the Palestinian population,

The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48 hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas and Israel on Saturday accused the other of blocking attempts to strike a Gaza ceasefire agreement, nearly a week into indirect talks between the two sides to halt 21 months of bitter fighting in the Palestinian territory.