Palestinians fled parts of Gaza City Thursday after the Israeli military began the first stages of its planned offensive — as officials vowed to completely obliterate the “battered and

Satellite images taken over and around Gaza City point to preparations for the expanded military operation and show signs internally displaced people are already fleeing.

Unless Hamas capitulate, Gaza City “will become Rafah and Beit Hanoun,” Katz added, citing cities reduced to ruins by IDF bombardment; preparations are underway to manage the humanitarian fallout

Israeli defense minister Israel Katz threatened to turn Gaza City "into Rafah and Beit Hanoun," meaning leaving it in ruins, unless the militant group Hamas agrees to Israel's conditions for ending the war.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says it rejects "any step that would undermine what remains of the health system".

Thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in Gaza City, as the Israeli military continues its assault on the enclave ahead of a planned occupation.

Dozens of Palestinians staged a protest in Gaza City on Thursday against the war and forced migration. Waving Palestinian flags, demonstrators gathered amid destroyed buildings, rubble, and tents for the displaced.

Israel has launched its ground offensive in Gaza City following widespread international condemnation that its military takeover could “lead to more death, destruction and mass displacement.” Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians based in the heart of ...