Close to three dozen Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday across Gaza as Israel intensifies its assault on the enclave and prepares for a major offensive to take control of the northern Gaza City.

At least 28 Palestinians were killed in latest Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to medical sources. At least three Palestinians, including two children, were killed and others wounded in an Israeli artillery strike that targeted homes in the town of Jabalia al-Nazla in northern Gaza Strip.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned Friday that Gaza’s largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yields to Israel’s terms, as the world’s leading authority on food crises said the city was gripped by famine from fighting and blockade.