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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller, the State Department's former deputy special Middle East coordinator, about the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza and the U.S. response.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.

After days of delays, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for more aid to Gaza but not demanding a cease-fire — which would have drawn a U.S. veto.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield about the situation in Gaza and the UN resolution

Just more than 10 weeks into the conflict, the number of people killed in Gaza is nearing 1% of the territory's pre-war population. The rising death toll has fueled calls for Israel to shift strategy.

Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayda and their 1-year-old son are back in Massachusetts after spending 27 days in Gaza. They don't know whether they'll be able to see their families or return to the area again.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Tirana Hassan, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Along with the war surgery team, six trucks ferrying medical supplies and water purification tools were allowed into Gaza, the ICRC said. And a rocket strike in Tel Aviv injures at least three people.

Gaza is just about out of food, water, medical supplies — and now fuel. Only a few dozen aid trucks have made it into the Palestinian territory since Hamas attacked Israel.

An Israeli ground invasion into Gaza appears likely. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gregg Carlstorm of The Economist, about his experience covering Israel's ground invasion in 2014.

"Gaza is running dry" and families are turning to unsafe water, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. The crisis comes as masses of people try to flee northern Gaza.

The attacks set the stage for what is likely to be a new round of fighting a week after an exchange of fire between Israel and Islamic Jihad.