Palestine

Antalyaspor suspended Jehezkel from the team and announced that it was speaking to the club's lawyers about the possibility of terminating his contract.

He said the future government would be a "civilian alternative" but insisted that Israeli forces would have the "freedom of operation" in a way aimed at protecting Israeli citizens.

Witnesses in the Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in the early morning. Fewer than half of Gaza's hospitals are partly functioning, the World Health Organization says.

After Aruri and six others were killed in the attack, Israeli army spokesman said the military was in a "very high state of readiness in all arenas" and "highly prepared for any scenario."

Further south, the border city of Rafah near Egypt was teeming with Gazans seeking safety from Israel's relentless bombardment in its fight against Palestinian militants.

Since the fighting erupted on October 7, triggered by attacks on Israel, more than 80 percent of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been driven from their homes, according to the United Nations.

People arrived in Rafah in trucks, in carts and on foot. Those who haven't found space in the already overwhelmed shelters have built tents on the roadsides.

The health ministry in a statement also raised the alarm over the spread of disease among children and the overall lack of water, food and medicine in the besieged Strip.

The two -- aged 17 and 31 -- were shot dead in the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, the ministry said.

The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees tweeted that the latest order would affect more than 150,000 people, with an estimated 1.9 million people displaced by the war.

Bombardment and fighting continued Thursday, but with Gaza's internet and other communications cut off for a second straight day, details on the latest violence could largely not be confirmed.

Hamas militants have been putting up stiff resistance, even as the Israeli army claims to be making great progress in eradicating them.

Despite a flurry of activity by high-level officials in recent days, the two sides appeared to be far from an agreement.

Militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad accuse Israel, which denies responsibility and blames a misfired rocket by Islamic Jihad for that blast.

The deaths were announced as a US envoy tried to persuade the Israelis to scale back their campaign sooner rather than later.

The Gaza Strip is facing dire humanitarian conditions after more than two months of the war, with displaced people forced to squeeze into shelters mainly in the south.