GAZA – Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of the southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
The United States and the United Nations have repeatedly urged the Israeli military to protect civilians.
Israel’s closest ally, the US, has said the Israeli offensive in the south should not repeat the “massive” civilian toll it has had in the north.
But residents and journalists on the ground said the intense air strikes in the south included areas where Israel had told people to seek shelter.
At the United Nations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Israel to avoid further action that would make the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza worse, and to spare civilians from more suffering.
“The secretary-general is extremely alarmed by the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hamas... For people ordered to evacuate, there is nowhere safe to go and very little to survive on,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
Israel largely captured the northern half of Gaza in November.
Since a week-long truce collapsed on Dec 1, the Israelis have swiftly pushed deep into the southern half.
About 900 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes since the truce ended, Gaza health authorities said.
Hamas ally Islamic Jihad’s armed wing said its fighters engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers north and east of Khan Younis, Gaza’s main southern city.
Israeli tanks have driven into Gaza across the border and cut off the main north-south route, residents said.
The Israeli military said the central road out of Khan Younis to the north “constitutes a battlefield” and was now shut.
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