Israeli forces also resumed bombarding northern and central areas of Gaza.
Israeli APCs at a gathering location on the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip near Rafah, on April 25.
“Some are leaving, they are afraid for their families but where can they go? They are not being allowed to go to the north and so are confined to a very small area.” He declined to say when or whether the classified forum might give a green light for a ground operation in Rafah.Israel has killed at least 34,305 Palestinians, Gaza health authorities said on Thursday. The offensive has laid to waste much of the widely urbanised enclave, displacing most of its 2.3 million people and leaving many with little food, water or medical care.
But many were confused over where they should go, saying their experience over the past 200 days of war had taught them that no place was genuinely safe.
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