Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
Battles between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants raged across Gaza on Sunday where the enclave's health ministry said the death toll since Oct. 7 had topped 35,000. In parts of the north that the Israel Defense Forces said it had cleared months ago, Palestinians reported heavy fighting Sunday after Israeli bombardment overnight.
Citing the same number, the IDF said in Saturday’s Telegram post that many had gone to Muwasi, a nearby coastal area where Israel has promised an “expanded humanitarian area” would await them. However the concept of “safe zones” has been widely questioned. An NBC News investigation found last month that Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as such.
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