It's afternoon in Israel and Gaza. Here's what you need to know

Smoke rises over Khan Younis, Gaza, on December 10. Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

Israel is battling Hamas in several parts of Gaza, including the main city in the south, Khan Younis, where residents have been urged to evacuate.

With fighting intensifying, the chances of another truce like the one that saw hostages and Palestinian prisoners released appears slim despite widespread calls for a ceasefire  

Qatar, which plays a mediating role, said neither Israel nor Hamas is showing the "same willingness" to negotiate now as before last month's truce. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue his country's "just war to dismantle Hamas".

Here are the other key updates...

• "Unprecedented" disaster: Speaking at the Doha Forum on Sunday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said Gaza is witnessing an "unprecedented humanitarian disaster." Despite giving a downbeat assessment on both parties' willingness to agree another truce he said efforts were "continuing."
• Ceasefire calls: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he "will not give up" calling for a ceasefire in Gaza – after the Secretary Council failed to pass a resolution demanding an immediate one. Speaking at Sunday's Doha Forum, he warned that public order would "completely break down soon."
• Hamas targets struck: The IDF claims to have struck more than 250 targets in the past 24 hours, including what it called Hamas military communication sites and tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The statement said IDF troops had destroyed weapon stocks, carried out "targeted raids on military sites," destroyed tunnel shafts and foiled what the IDF called a terrorist cell.
• 30,000 fighters: Israel believes Hamas had about 30,000 fighters in Gaza before the war began on October 7, the IDF told CNN on Sunday. Israel’s national security advisor Tzachi Hanegbi estimated Saturday that at least 7,000 of the people killed in Gaza since October 7 were “Hamas terrorists.”
• Israeli goals challenged: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says Israel's stated goal of destroying Hamas is "not going to happen." Israel vowed to eradicate the militant group following the October 7 attacks but Shtayyeh – who represents the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank – said Hamas was "an integral part of the Palestinian political mosaic."
• WHO alarm: The WHO's chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu called the impact of the conflict on the healthcare system in Gaza "catastrophic." According to Tedros, only 14 out of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are partially functional.