Israel Gaza live news: Israel vows heavier bombing of Gaza as Hamas says 55 killed overnight – BBC News
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- Israel’s military has vowed to intensify air strikes on Gaza and has warned Palestinians still in the north of the territory to flee south
- A military spokesman said this would allow Israel to “minimise the risks to our forces in the next stages of the war”
- Meanwhile, Hamas says 55 people were killed in air raids on Gaza overnight
- Separately, the Israeli military says it struck a Hamas cell sheltering in a mosque in the occupied West Bank
- Israel has amassed tanks and troops on the boundary with Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion, though the potential timing of this remains unclear
- The UN hopes it can get more aid into Gaza today – after vital supplies yesterday reached people for the first time since fighting erupted
- It’s two weeks since Hamas launched its assault on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people. Palestinian officials say more than 4,300 have been killed in Gaza since then
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