Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted out walls and shattered windows. Bedrooms and kitchens are visible from roads dotted with rubble.
The demonstrations on Sunday came after long-running efforts to broker a truce gained momentum last week when Hamas dropped a key demand for an Israeli commitment to end the war.
Dozens of sick and injured children, including 20 cancer patients, have been evacuated from Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the first to leave since Israel launched its offensive in Rafah last month.
The group has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, it has warned.
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7.
Israel said it rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, in the largest such recovery operation since the war began in Gaza.
The annual march, seen as provocative by Palestinians, could ignite broader unrest, as it did three years ago, when it helped set off an 11-day war in Gaza.
Algeria is circulating a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of Rafah immediately.
Israel launched its war in Gaza after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1200 people — mostly civilians — and abducted about 250.
The Israeli prime minister has acknowledged a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp and killed at least 45 people.
Rocket sirens have sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza.
The bodies of three more hostages killed on October 7 have been recovered from Gaza, Israel's army said, as the top United Nations court prepares to rule on whether Israel must halt its military operations and withdraw from the enclave.
American comedian Dave Chappelle said a "genocide" is striking the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war to cheers during his performance in the United Arab Emirates.
The Israeli government has reversed course hours after it blocked the AP's live video of Gaza and faced mounting criticism for interfering with independent journalism.
It issued a detailed legal report on Monday, which said the panel found "reasonable grounds to believe" that the individuals named in the arrest warrants have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity.
Pro-Palestine students occupying a Melbourne University building have been ordered to pack up and leave or face possible expulsion, while Queenslanders have been arrested.