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    Israeli forces push into southern Gaza, as humanitarian crisis worsens

    As Israel's military begins to concentrate its siege in southern Gaza, a United Nations agency warns that the people there could soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israel's bombardment.
    by Scott Neuman Dec 04, 2023 3 minutes
    A photo taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday shows an Israeli air force attack helicopter firing a missile.
    Updated December 4, 2023 at 8:02 AM ET

    TEL AVIV, Israel — The plight of Palestinian refugees, hemmed in and cut off by Israeli combat operations in Gaza, is becoming more acute as infrastructure is destroyed and civilian deaths rise in the wake of a cease-fire that ended last week, aid officials said Monday.

    "People have lost everything and they need everything," UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency that aids Palestinian, said in (formerly Twitter). "Gaza's population will soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israeli bombardment."

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