By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and FATMA KHALED, Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel began mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists and repeated evacuation warnings on Tuesday as part of its plan to widen its offensive in Gaza City , which has sparked opposition domestically and condemnation abroad.

The call-up, which was announced last month , comes as ground and air forces press forward and pursue more targets in northern and central Gaza, striking parts of Zeitoun and Shijaiyah — two western Gaza City neighborhoods that Israeli forces have repeatedly invaded during the nearly two-year war against Hamas, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.

Zeitoun, once Gaza City’s largest neighborhood with

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