Three-year-old Julia is the only surviving member of her family after her parents and grandparents were killed in an Israeli regime airstrike earlier this week in northern Gaza.

Israel's relentless bombardment, coupled with an acute shortage of supplies, has forced the majority of bakeries in the besieged Gaza Strip to shut down, leaving families struggling for a loaf of bread.

A main hospital in Gaza shuts down key services as it is running out of badly-needed fuel supplies.

Israel is reportedly delaying its invasion of Gaza to give the US time to bolster its defense systems to protect American troops across the region.

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas's operation in southern Israel one week ago have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian health ministry says.