Israel Bombards Gaza District, As Invasion Looms

Israel has levelled a Northern Gaza district after giving families still there a half-hour warning to escape on Friday, and ordered the evacuation of the biggest Israeli town near Lebanon, as it made clear that a command to invade Gaza was expected soon.

Israel has pounded Gaza with air strikes and put the enclave’s 2.3 million people under a total siege, banning shipments even of food, fuel and medical supplies.

Since October 7, 3,785 Palestinians have been killed including more than 1,500 children, Palestinian Officials say.

The U.N. says more than a million have been made homeless.

Israel has already told all civilians to evacuate the Northern half of the Gaza Strip, which includes Gaza City but many people stayed at home, saying they feared losing everything if they left or being caught in Israeli air strikes further South.

“You see Gaza now from a distance, you will soon see it from inside. The command will come,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border.

REUTERS