Israeli forces attack Hamas targets in Gaza City as ground war intensifies

IDF spokesperson says military ‘powerfully deployed’ north of Gaza and civilians still urged to move south

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Israeli forces have surrounded Gaza City and are attacking Hamas infrastructure and destroying tunnels used by militants to launch attacks, the Israeli military said.

Airstrikes continued alongside the intensifying ground offensive in what Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, described as the second stage of the war.