An Indian-Jewish soldier who belonged to one of the “lost tribes” of Israel has been killed fighting in northern Gaza.

Staff Sgt. Orr Katz, Staff Sgt. Nave Yair Asulin, Staff Sgt. Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat and Staff Sgt. Ofir Eliyahu all served with the Kfir Brigade's Shimshon Battalion - Click the link for more.

Residents said Israeli forces besieged shelters housing displaced families and the remaining population, which some estimated at a few thousand, ordering them to head south through a checkpoint separating two towns and a refugee camp in the north from Gaza City.

Organizers want to rally support for the Israeli military campaign against Hamas and protest an increase in antisemitic incidents across the nation.

As Israeli ground troops have advanced in northern Gaza, hospitals have been caught in the crossfire, with Shifa emerging as a focal point.

President Joe Biden said on Monday he had told Israel he had concerns about conditions at and around the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza where its forces are fighting with Hamas. "I have not been reluctant in expressing my concerns about what's going on and it's my hope and expectation that it will be less intrusive action relative to the hospital,