More than 1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza faced an Israeli deadline on Saturday to flee south, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had only just begun to retaliate for last week's Hamas rampage across southern Israel.
U.S. President Joe Biden said consultations were under way with regional governments on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as trapped Palestinians faced shortages of power, food and water amid Israeli bombing.
Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said tank-backed troops had mounted raids to hit Palestinian rocket crews and gather information on the location of hostages, the first official account of ground troops in Gaza since the crisis began. Biden, speaking to reporters during a tour of a Philadelphia shipping terminal, said addressing the humanitarian crisis was a top priority.
Gaza is one of the most crowded places on earth, and for now there is no way out. In addition to Israel's blockade, Egypt has resisted calls to open its border with Gaza.
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