Smoke plumes billow from Israeli bombardment on the east of Gaza City as pictured from Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 14, 2025. Israel said on April 12 that it planned to expand its military offensive in Gaza after seizing a new corridor as part of a broader effort to take large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory. The previous truce with the Palestinian Hamas movement brokered by the US, Egypt, and Qatar which took effect on January 19 collapsed on March 18 as Israel resumed intense strikes on Gaza. Photo: AFP

Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday accused Israel of blocking essential aid to the Gaza Strip, saying there was nowhere safe for Palestinians or those trying to help them.

"Gaza has been turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance," said Amande Bazerolle, MSF's emergency coordinator there.