A military official said the “next phase” of the conflict was underway, after a night of heavy airstrikes across the city left some 34 people dead, according to medical sources.
“Gaza is burning,” Defence Minister Israel Katz posted on X. “The IDF strikes with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and IDF soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas.”
An Israeli army flare drifts over buildings destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations in the northern Gaza Strip (Photo: Leo Correa/AP)Smoke billows from rubble amid Israel’s latest bombing campaign in Gaza City (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP)Israeli soldiers next to armoured personnel carriers near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel (Photo: Amir Cohen/Reuters)Around 320,000 people were estimated to have left the city so far, an Israeli official said. Some 650,000 are thought to remain in the capital – home to more than two million people before the outbreak of war in October 2023.
An Israeli armoured vehicle moves along the Israeli-Gaza border. as seen from southern Israel (Photo: Leo Correa/AP)Palestinians inspect the destruction after al-Ghafri Tower was destroyed in Gaza City (Photo: Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said more than half a million people across Gaza were facing “catastrophic” conditions characterised by “starvation, destitution and death”.
Families navigate the rubble after strikes on residential areas in Gaza City (Photo: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters)Relatives mourn as bodies are taken from Nasser Hospital for funeral process in southern Gaza (Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ruwaida Amer, a Gaza resident and journalist, said Gaza City’s remaining residents were “determined to stay” but the “horrific bombardment” was forcing them to evacuate.
“Residents are determined to stay in the city, but the army’s actions make them terrified of being killed by these missiles. Residents describe the missiles being used as new, as their impact reaches a long distance.
A young girl drags a suitcase as Palestinians flee toward central Gaza through Al-Rashid Street (Photo: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images)Civilians without access to cars used bicycles and carts to carry their belongings (Photo: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Long queues of cars laden with belongings stretched down the coastal road leading out of the city on Tuesday, while other civilians made their way on foot.
“To pay the fare for the van that transports their belongings from north to south, it takes approximately 2,500 shekels (about £650), and the rent for a seating area costs the same amount.
Civilians seeking safety piled onto vans, while others fled on foot (Photo: Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)Around 320,000 people are estimated to have left Gaza City (Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
Traffic leaving the city is “very congested”, Ms Amer added, with it taking nine hours to reach the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis in the south of the Strip, both of which are largely controlled by Israel.
But the region has been bombed repeatedly by Israeli forces throughout the war. According to the UN, nowhere in Gaza can be considered “safe”.
The IDF has told them to go to a newly designated ‘humanitarian area’ in al-Mawasi (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)According to the UN, nowhere in Gaza can be considered ‘safe’ (Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)Much of Gaza City was damaged through bombing in the early weeks of the war, but around one million Palestinians returned to homes among the ruins.
Israel has repeatedly issued sweeping evacuation orders since October 2023 (Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
The ongoing war began after Hamas forces crossed into Israel, attacking the military and civilians, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israeli authorities say 20 of the remaining 48 hostages in Gaza are still alive.
More than 90 per cent of homes are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed, with most of the population being displaced repeatedly.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper wrote on X that the assault on Gaza City “will only bring more bloodshed, kill more innocent civilians & endanger the remaining hostages”.
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