A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated Gaza Strip, where fuel is in short supply. With an Israeli airstrike looming, aid workers carried out a last-minute rescue mission to salvage thousands of priceless artifacts from a Gaza warehouse before the building was flattened.

Palestinians tell the BBC whole residential blocks have been levelled as the Israeli army ramps up its offensive in the city.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched its offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, threatening to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of raids and bombardment. Vehicles strapped with mattresses and other belongings clogged a coastal road as thousands of Palestinians fled, but hundreds of thousands more remain.

"Gaza is burning," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a post to X on Tuesday as the Israel Defense Forces began its offensive on the largest city in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF issued evacuation warnings earlier for those located in the Gaza Port area and the southern al-Rimal neighborhood. The IDF struck two high-rise buildings in Gaza City used by Hamas for intelligence gathering and observation posts to target Israeli troops,

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