International aid agencies speak of hundreds of thousands of people displaced and a rolling humanitarian catastrophe.
Israel has urged Palestinians to flee south from the heavy combat in the north of the besieged territory, and has agreed to daily pauses in military operations around specified "corridors" to allow the passage of fleeing civilians.
But escaping the fighting is dangerous and wounded Palestinians told AFP how they were hit by a strike on their way south.
"I walked around three to four kilometres while I was bleeding," said Hasan Baker, whose head and left hand were bandaged. "There was no possibility for any ambulance to enter the area.
"We didn't have any weapons," he added. "We are civilians, we were moving from one place to another according to the instructions of the (Israeli) occupation."
HOSTAGE TALKS
Israeli leaders have so far insisted there will be no broader ceasefire until hostages are released, but Qatar is mediating talks on a possible deal to free hostages.
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas's military wing, said Monday that a possible deal would involve the release 100 Israeli hostages in return for 200 Palestinian children and 75 women held in Israeli prisons.
"We informed the mediators we could release the hostages if we obtained five days of truce ... and passage of aid to all of our people throughout the Gaza Strip, but the enemy is procrastinating," Abu Obeida said in an audio statement.
Biden said he was "somewhat hopeful" the Qatar-mediated talks could lead to a deal.
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