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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We are coming to you live from London.
I'm Krupa Bhatti.
Thank you for being with us.
Night has fallen in Gaza City, where locals have been faced with yet another agonizing decision.
Should they lead the area and heed to Israel's latest evacuation orders or stay put in the city as the military carries out its latest offensive?
Meanwhile, in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv,
loved ones of the 20 hostages also thought to be held inside Gaza City by Hamas are gathering to protest against their government's latest move.
Israeli forces have been targeting the suburbs of the city for weeks now after the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the city was a Hamas stronghold.
And as those attacks intensify,
Israel is ordering Palestinians to move south to what it calls a safe humanitarian zone.
Weiridheiris has more for us from Jerusalem.
Israel is inexplicably stepping up its offensive in Gaza, particularly from the air,
preparing for what looks likely to be a huge ground offensive the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has made it clear he thinks his military has to control the whole of Gaza City and the Gaza Strip.
If Hamas is to be defeated completely militarily that seems to be the Israeli government's intention.
Now there are no signs of an imminent ceasefire agreement and the Israeli or members of the Israeli government have been posting videos on social media of buildings being blown up in Gaza and warning that the gates of hell are about to be opened.
Yes,
the devastation of residential tower blocks is something we too have been hearing about from people that we have been speaking to.