Houthis, undeterred by strikes, are targeting more ships in the Red Sea

Hamas led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, which Israelis say killed about 1,200 people. More than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli military response, the majority of them women and children, according to health officials in Gaza.

On Monday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said it had resumed emergency and rescue services in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, more than two months after Israel's ground offensive forced it to halt operations and close the hospital .

Weeks of intense airstrikes and the Israeli ground offensive had effectively cut off the north. The resumption of services is now possible as the Israeli army withdraws troops from the areas around some hospitals in northern Gaza while turning its focus to the south, said Nebal Farsakh, a spokeswoman for the Red Crescent.

Nearly a dozen rescue team members arrived at Gaza City's Al-Quds Hospital, which is run by the Red Crescent and was a hub of the group's operations before it ran out of fuel and closed on November 12. Ms Farsakh said they were “shocked by the sheer devastation” they found and decided they could not work there.

“The hospital was completely burned down from the outside and all the equipment inside was completely destroyed,” she said.

On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said at a news conference that the intensive phase of ground maneuvers in northern Gaza had ended and that forces there were now facing “pockets of resistance.”

Reporting was contributed by Erik Schmitt, Stephen's Castle, Vivian Nereim, Hiba Yazbek, Isabel Kershner, Adam Ragon, Stanley Reed And Jenny Gross.