As Israel's ground offensive in Gaza City escalates, Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council warns civilians are trapped, forced to choose between staying under bombardment or fleeing south.

Israeli tanks were stationed on the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday ahead of a planned ground operation into the enclave’s largest urban area, according to eyewitnesses and satellite imagery.

Two Oregon lawmakers are among 250 state legislators across the U.S. who visited Israeli government. Israel hosted Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, and Rep. Emily McIntire, R-Eagle Point, on a trip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as the largest-ever bipartisan delegation of American lawmakers to visit.

While UNICEF named the parties only as “armed individuals,” COGAT announced that Hamas had robbed the aid trucks. Humanitarian aid trucks carrying baby formula through the Gaza Strip wererobbed by armed terrorists,

The Ukrainian air force claimed Russia fired 86 drones overnight, including more than 50 Shahed attack drones, 71 of which were shot down. Fifteen strikes were recorded at six locations across Ukraine. Separately, Ukraine’s President Vololdymyr Zelensky reported two people were injured in the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipro region.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution Thursday that would once again demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages while expressing alarm about a recent famine report and Israel’s expanding offensive in Gaza City.