Many people have run out of food and water has run out in the north.
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south on foot after running out of food and water, a UN agency said, as Israeli troops battle Hamas militants deep inside Gaza City.
Support for the war remains strong inside Israel, where the focus has been on the plight of more than 240 hostages held by Hamas and other militant groups. Residents reported loud explosions overnight into Wednesday across Gaza City and in its Shati refugee camp, which houses Palestinian families who fled from or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its establishment.
Hundreds of thousands of people have heeded Israeli orders to flee the north in recent weeks, even though Israel also routinely strikes what it says are militant targets in the south, often killing civilians.The north has been without running water for weeks, and the UN agency said the last functioning bakeries shut down on Tuesday for lack of fuel, water and flour.
More than 2,300 are believed to have been buried by strikes that in some cases have demolished entire city blocks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would maintain “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” after defeating Hamas.
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