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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Najib Jobain,Samy Magdy and Lee Keath

Israel expands ground assault into Gaza as fears rise over airstrikes near crowded hospitals

Copyright 2023, The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Israeli troops and armor pushed deeper into northern and central Gaza on Monday, as the U.N. and medical staff warned that airstrikes are hitting closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded.

Video obtained by the Associated Press showed an Israeli tank and bulldozer in central Gaza blocking the territory's main north-south highway, which the Israeli military earlier told Palestinians to use to escape the expanding ground offensive.

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