An eyewitness told CBS News that American subcontractors at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites shot at Palestinians, a claim GHF denies.

The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza said the supply of tents and other shelter equipment to the territory would resume on Sunday ahead of the mass movement of Palestinians to the south.

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Palestinians fled parts of Gaza City on Thursday as Israel’s military began the first stages of its planned offensive and vowed to completely obliterate the “battered and bruised” Hamas terror stronghold.

The State Department said it was halting all visas for Palestinians from Gaza, including medical visas for children.

Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins by its 22-month offensive against Hamas.

The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday it has determined that famine is occurring in Gaza City, and is likely to spread to other cities without a ceasefire or an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Friday were seen rushing to a truck carrying water as aid. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the world’s leading authority on food crises, said that the city is grappling with famine.