American veterans are working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to get aid to Palestinians in need of food after facing nearly two years of war.

They are the first children to be brought to the UK for treatment as part of a government operation being co-ordinated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Home Office and Department of Health. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed the children had been evacuated from Gaza in an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper.

An activist group says two of its boats taking part in a flotilla trying to reach war-torn Gaza were attacked by drones in two days.

The killing of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk has drawn mourning from the forum representing families of hostages still held in Gaza for 706 days.

Gaza City has been filled with so many tents because it was one of the few areas of the enclave that was still accessible to Gazans. Most of Gaza has been under evacuation orders or part of an Israeli militarized zone.

Organisers said two boats were hit in separate incidents; Tunisian authorities disputed the first and have not commented yet on the second.

The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which has organized dozens of boats to sail to Gaza carrying humanitarian aid, said that one of its main vessels was targeted in a drone strike just after midnight local time on Tuesday while docked near the Tunisian capital.

As Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for its invasion of Gaza City, a growing number of soldiers are saying no.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said eliminating Hamas leaders would end the war in Gaza, as top US diplomat Marco Rubio said hours ahead of his visit to Israel that its strike against Hamas in Qatar would not derail their alliance.