Israeli troops and Hamas militants were locked in fierce ground combat in Gaza on Wednesday after the Israelis, who are fighting their way through the devastated Palestinian enclave, reached the heart of the southern city of Khan Younis.
Israeli warplanes also bombarded targets in one of the heaviest phases of warfare in the two months since the Hamas-Israel war began.
Palestinian medics said hospitals were overflowing with dead and wounded civilians, many of them women and children, with supplies running out as hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes were seeking shelter in a decreasing number of safe areas.
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