Israeli tanks are pressing further into Gaza's second city – pushing increasing numbers of residents further south as they look to escape the war on Hamas.
More Palestinians are fleeing the city of Khan Younis as the military attacks intensify. Most are heading for Rafah, at the southern tip of Gaza, where, just a few miles away, a dozen UN Security Council envoys made a visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border. There, Ecuador's representative on the trip, Jose De La Gasca, called the situation inside Gaza "even worse than what words can speak".
