Italy and Spain have sent naval vessels to assist the Global Sumud Flotilla as it sails to take aid to Gaza. The “unprecedented move” from the two governments follows “repeated attacks” against the flotilla, including one from a drone, blamed on Israel and an escalation in “Israeli rhetoric” against the activists, said Al Jazeera.

Israeli troops pushed deep into Gaza City on Sunday, ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu focused on ending the war in the Palestinian territory.

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet President Donald Trump at the White House, Israeli forces are advancing slowly on the outskirts of Gaza City in an ongoing operation to seize the area.

The Israeli Air Force targeted more than 120 sites in the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas infrastructure, while Israel Defense Forces continued its ground offensive.

The offensive expanded the same day that independent U.N. experts accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

As Israeli troops bear down, the health care system in Gaza City is coming under fire and being pushed toward collapse. Nearly two weeks into Israel’s latest ground offensive on Gaza’s largest city, two clinics were destroyed by airstrikes,

Doctors Without Borders pulled its staff from Gaza City as the medical system buckled. The U.N. has warned that more hospitals may have to close.