More than 30 were killed in Gaza on Monday by alleged Israeli gunfire while trying to reach food aid distribution sites, the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said.

Witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire as crowds tried to reach Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution centers in Gaza.

Palestinian resistance factions launched coordinated attacks across Gaza, killing two Israeli soldiers and striking tanks.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also spoke with Netanyahu. “Israel has the right to defend its existence and the security of its citizens,” he said Sunday in a social media post. “Iran’s nuclear weapons program is an existential threat to the State of Israel.”

The Israeli military struck a building in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Monday, sparking a fire. No casualties were reported, as residents evacuated after receiving a warning ahead of the attack.

Doctors told the British Parliament on Monday that Israel has "systematically targeted and destroyed" Gaza's health-care system.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini on Monday warned against the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip amid waning international attention and escalating violence.

The IDF on Monday published recordings from the operation that retrieved the bodies of hostages Yair Yaakov and Aviv Atzili both from Kibbutz Nir Oz, as operations continued across the Gaza Strip. There are still 53 hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the enclave.