Beleaguered Gazans, having fled the territory’s north, emerged from a night of bombardment wondering where to go next for safety.

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory.

An Israeli flag flies on a military vehicle as the Israeli army operates at the border with Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel,

The Israeli military hasn't confirmed a ground invasion of the south, although it has been signaling one for days and warning some civilians to evacuate.

Israel's military has ordered the evacuation of a fifth of the main city in southern Gaza, as it expands its ground offensive against Hamas. A map showed six northern and central areas of Khan Younis where an estimated 167,

Israeli airstrikes hit about 200 targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said in an update Monday, a day after the IDF announced it was expanding its ground operations to the entire enclave. Follow for live updates.

The Israeli military ratcheted up its air offensive in southern Gaza overnight as the country continues its ground invasion into the south of the territory. Strikes were focused on Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city.

"People have been, for 50 days or more, withstanding brutal Israeli onslaught and are very low on all resources - food, water, power and the sanitation and the waste services," he

As Israel expands its ground offensive in Gaza, the country’s troops are finding themselves fighting in close quarters in the streets, buildings and in vast network of tunnels - a