There are reports in US media that the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt could open briefly soon.

After talks with Egyptian officials on Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Egyptian-controlled crossing would reopen to deliver aid to Gaza, but he didn’t give specific timings.

The Israel Defense Forces estimates 500,000 have now left northern Gaza, out of about 1.1 million, after an order to move south ahead of an expected ground offensive. The BBC can’t verify this figure.

Meanwhile, conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply, with the UN warning “thousands of patients” will be at risk if fuel reserves run out at all Gaza’s hospitals in the next 24 hours.