Israel's forces have surrounded Gaza City, the territory's largest city, as part of its ground invasion against Hamas, with an expectation that troops will soon push into onto its streets.
Residents fleeing the city to head south have said they have seen tanks waiting to move forwards, with the Israeli military saying they have severed the city from the rest of Gaza Strip, effectively cutting it in two. Gaza has also been bombarded from the air in response to a deadly Hamas attack on Israeli soil on 7 October that killed more than 1,400 people, with the north facing a particularly intense barrage in recent days.
