00:00These images issued by the Israeli army show intense strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday
00:07as its troops prepared a new phase of their ground offensive in Gaza.
00:11Their goal, getting operational control of large parts of the enclave,
00:16officially to quash Hamas and to free the hostages.
00:20These images, with plumes of smoke seen from afar,
00:23were filmed on Saturday from the Israeli side of the border.
00:28Gazan civilians have to flee the bombings again.
00:33The shelling fell randomly on us and Shnatnul landed on our heads.
00:37We couldn't stay because we were in tents.
00:41The situation was already difficult.
00:43Yesterday it became extremely severe, so we were forced to leave.
00:49The Israelis say they want civilians to leave most of the enclave
00:54so they can intensify their offensive against Hamas further.
01:00Witnesses say that some ground troops have entered the enclave,
01:03specifically to the west of Beit Lahiya.
01:06The same type of incursion was seen to the east of Hamunas and Deir el-Bala.
01:10The humanitarian situation was already catastrophic before the renewed fighting.
01:16Now there is even less food and water,
01:19and Gazans, who already live in one of the world's most densely populated areas,
01:24are pushed to flee to an even smaller area in the south of Gaza.
01:29Meanwhile, the operation also puts at risk the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
01:36Israel's arms supplier and main ally, the U.S.,
01:40had called for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
01:44But Donald Trump has left the region without showing a will to force Israel to end the war.
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