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The Israeli army has already entered the second phase of the ground operation inside Gaza, with heavy weapons.
Videos are now circulating of Israeli soldiers raising their country's flags on a building in Gaza. At the same time, the humanitarian crisis is becoming increasingly painful for civilians, who are looking for basic food to survive for themselves and their children.
The Israeli military has stepped up its offensive against the Gaza Strip despite calls for a de-escalation and called on Palestinian civilians to go to the southern part of the Palestinian enclave where it said aid would be increased today.
"Overnight (Saturday to Sunday) we increased the number of army forces that entered the Gaza Strip and they joined those already fighting there," Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said.
Israeli forces occupied the Gaza Strip and expanded the ground operation to include infantry, armored and engineering units and heavy artillery, he also said.
"We attacked above and below ground. We attacked terrorists at all levels, in all countries. The instructions for our forces are clear: the operation will continue until further orders are given."
Since Friday night, the Israeli military has been conducting ground operations with soldiers and armored personnel carriers as it continues to intensify its shelling of the 362 square kilometer enclave in retaliation for the Palestinian Islamist movement's bloody attack on Israeli soil on the 7th. October.
Civilians raid UN food warehouses
Thousands of desperate residents attacked warehouses and food distribution centers in the central and southern Gaza Strip, the UN agency said.
"This is a worrying sign that public order is beginning to break down after three weeks of fighting and a severe siege in Gaza," UNRWA said in a statement.
Since October 9, Israel has imposed a "total blockade" on Gaza, cutting off water, electricity and food supplies to the Palestinian enclave, which is home to 2.4 million people and has been under Israeli blockade since 2007.
Only 84 trucks with humanitarian aid have been able to reach Gaza via Egypt since October 21.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent announced on Sunday (29/10) that it received warnings from the Israeli authorities to immediately evacuate Al Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
"Since this morning, there have been raids within 50 meters of the hospital," the Palestinian Red Crescent added in a statement posted on Facebook.
Meanwhile, thousands of Gazans stormed warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), grabbing flour and "basic survival items", the UN agency said today. United.
"Thousands of people attacked warehouses and distribution centers in the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip," the UN agency said.
The death toll in Gaza rises
Since the outbreak of war with Israel on October 7, the death toll has now exceeded 8,000, Hamas' Health Ministry announced.
"The death toll from the Israeli attack exceeds 8,000, half of whom are children," the ministry told AFP.
A "large number" were killed overnight in airstrikes on two refugee camps in northern Gaza, Hamas added.
Earlier, the command of the Israeli army had warned residents of the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon, in the south of Israel, about the launch of missiles and rockets. Emergency services reported no casualties. However, three people were wounded earlier in the day by other rockets from Gaza.
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