With Gaza's extremely high population density and decimated infrastructure, anyone making the journey south would have to navigate airstrikes and areas strewn with rubble - while dealing with a lack of food, water or fuel supplies.
Evacuating more than a million people from northern Gaza in less than 24 hours is 'impossible' for a number of reasons, aid workers have told Sky News. The Israeli Defence Force has ordered 1.1 million people currently north of the Wadi Gaza bridge to move south before it launches its response to Saturday's incursion by Hamas.
Pregnant women, children and chronically ill unable to travel Of the 1,537 Palestinians who have been killed since Saturday so far, at least 500 were children and more than 270 were women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Some 6,000 are also wounded in hospitals that are at capacity or fast approaching it. They are also expected to run out of power and medical supplies in the coming days. Israel says it has lost around 1,300 people in the attacks by Hamas.
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