 The stepped-up military activity came as U.S., Egyptian, and Qatari mediators were meeting with Israeli officials in the Qatari capital, Doha, for talks seeking a long, elusive ceasefire deal with Gaza's Hamas's militant group. Israel informed people in Gaza of the evacuation order by dropping leaflets. China has accused NATO of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same chaos to Asia.