The IDF launched its first 'localised' raids into Gaza, deploying columns of Merkava main battle tanks alongside infantry into the tired enclave in search of hostages taken in the surprise attack by Hamas a week ago.
Click here for all the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict on our live blogIsrael has killed a key Hamas commander as it continues to pummel the besieged territory with airstrikes and thousands of Palestinians flee south in preparation for a full-scale ground invasion.
Israeli military drones dropped flyers yesterday demanding that all Palestinians, including those critically ill in hospital, evacuate the northern half of the strip or risk being caught in a military escalation. It said today that Gazans could flee safely via two main roads between 10am and 4pm. A Palestinian man uses a fire extinguisher to douse a fire following an Israeli strike today in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza StripPalestinians search for casualties in a bombed building today.
Hamas told people to ignore the evacuation order. Families in Gaza faced what they saw as a no-win decision to leave or stay, with no safe ground anywhere. US President Joe Biden - who has remained staunchly supportive of Israel - urged Israel not to 'lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas and Hamas' appalling attacks'. Russia compared Israel's siege of Gaza to the Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Palestinians grabbed bags and desperately tried to save the lives of their loved ones, leaving their homes behind as Israeli main battle tanks crossed into Gaza yesterday 'I don't know if I've got any more tears left,' he said. 'I'm exhausted, and I just want to approach whoever can hear me in the international community. Please bring back my baby girls.'Alana Zeitchik, who lives in New York, said a half-dozen of her cousins were snatched from a kibbutz. They were known to be alive as of Friday morning, she said.
Senior EU officials and Israeli president Isaac Herzog were forced to seek cover in protected shelters as air-raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv.
Both the United Nations and the World Health Organisation have urgently called on Israel to revoke the evacuation order, saying it will result in a humanitarian disaster whether people can flee or not. The group, named Doctors Without Borders in English, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care.
With a military siege in place, humanitarian organisations 'will not be able to assist such a massive displacement of people in Gaza'. US President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly given staunch support for Israel, said that addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was a 'priority'. The United Nations said it had been informed of the order shortly before midnight but as thousands of people streamed southwards in cars and on foot, the Israeli army admitted that the evacuation would 'take time'.
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Hamas urges Palestinians to stay in homes after Israel orders Gaza evacuationIsrael has ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza, including Gaza City.
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