The Israeli military says it Op erations now include the dangerously# densely populated urban refugee camps## in the central part of the territory.

That# comes as the United Nations appoints a new## coordinator for humanitarian aid to# Gaza, where the U.N. says more than## two million people are in a food crisis,# and the risk of famine grows each day.

At the Barij camp in Central Gaza,# these families are on the move again,## heeding Israeli warnings to evacuate.# But safety in Gaza is hard to find.

Riad Abdel Salam said even# evacuating is dangerous.

RIAD ABDEL SALAM, Displaced Palestinian# (through translator): They threw leaflets## at us and told F-16 bullets and rounds of gunfire# around us.

We have been forced out.

AMNA NAWAZ: The continued Israeli# strikes hit even so-called safe zones.

Mariam Al-Omsi has lived# through decades of conflict.

MARIAM AL-OMSI, Gaza Strip Resident (through# translator): Seventy-five years of suffering,## our rights taken, our country# seiz AMNA NAWAZ: Yesterday, Egypt and# Qatar presented a plan to end the war,## but neither Israel nor Hamas publicly# embraced the idea of a cease-fire.

Instead the conflict has boiled over# into the region.

The Iranian-backed## popular mobilization forces marched# through Baghdad today with the coffin## of a fighter who was killed# by an American airstrike.

FADHIL AL GAZEE, Mourner (through# translator): It is another crime## added to America's black crim AMNA NAWAZ: President Biden ordered the# strike after a drone att American service members in Northern Iraq.

It# was claimed by Iranian-backed milita one of a slew of Iran proxy attacks# against the U.S. in recent weeks.

Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have# continued to launch missiles towards commercial## ships on the Red Sea.

They also sent a barrage# towards the Israeli city of Eilat.

Israel joined## the fray, killing a high-ranking Iranian general# in an airstrike outside of Damascus, Syria.

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GEN. REZA TALAENIK, Iranian Defense Ministry# Spokesman (through translator): Our reaction## to the Zionist regime will not have any possibility# to use the response in its complicated purposes.

AMNA NAWAZ: Israeli Defense# Minister Yoav Gallant defended## the military actions in front of the Knesset.

YOAV GALLANT, Israeli Defense Minister (through# translator): We are in a multifront war,## and I say here in the most potential target.

There is no immunity for anyone.

AMNA NAWAZ: Meanwhile, Israeli operations# in the West Bank have expanded.

The IDF## said they confiscated weapons and destroyed an# explosives lab near the Nur Shams refugee camp.

As IDF troops move through Gaza,# Israeli officials pledge to finish## their mission.

Overhead, the Iron# Dome continues to intercept Hamas## rockets targeting Israel and a# chance for peace seems far away.

Late today, the Pentagon said a U.S. warship# shot down 12 drones, three anti-ship ballistic## missiles and two land-attack cruise missiles# that were fired by the Yemen-based Houthis.