More than 400,000 people have fled Gaza City as Israel pushes ahead with a ground invasion of the battered enclave. But hundreds of thousands still remain, fearful of moving south despite a severe lack of food and a barrage of airstrikes.

Strikes have leveled high-rise buildings across the city and killed dozens in recent days as the Israeli military prepared to move in on the ground. Sixteen people were killed by strikes overnight, according to hospital officials, which also hit Gaza City’s al-Rantisi children’s hospital.

Israel’s military launched its latest offensive against what it described as the “main stronghold of Hamas,” despite fierce criticism from the international community.

The ground operation began on Tuesday, the day after the United Nations Independent Internationa

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