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Tens of thousands forced to flee again as Israel expands Gaza offensive

Palestinians transport belongings on an animal-drawn cart, as they flee their houses after they were ordered by the Israeli army to evacuate the area, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip December 26, 2023 [Mohammed al-Masri/Reuters]

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to flee again towards the south after Israel intensified assaults in the centre of the besieged enclave killing more than 180 people in the past 24 hours.

The Israeli army on Friday said in a post on X that it was “expanding the operation in the Khan Younis area” of Gaza, previously sheltering hundreds of thousands of people displaced from the north – initially the focus of Israel’s ground assault.

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