By ordering civilians out of one third of the Strip, Israel fans the fears of Palestinians and hopes of Jewish settlers

Efforts to reach dozens of people trapped under the rubble of a multi-storey residential building in devastated north Gaza carried on Monday, the civil defence agency said, despite persistent fighting.

Israeli strikes on Sunday killed dozens of people in Gaza, civil defence rescuers said, most of them in northern Gaza where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions.

Israeli strikes killed dozens of people in Gaza, civil defence rescuers have said, most of them in northern Gaza where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions.