Among the many uncertainties in the aftermath of Israel's strike on Hamas's leadership in Qatar , none looms larger than the future of its invasion of Gaza City.

Israel's government claims capturing the city is essential to defeating the remnants of Hamas, where many of its remaining fighters are believed to be holding out.

But for Palestinians and their supporters around the world, Israel's offensive amounts to an appalling exercise in ethnic cleansing.

With Israel refusing to say if or when people can return, the order to leave — via airdropped leaflets on Tuesday — is being viewed as an expulsion rather than a safety measure, as Israel says it is.

A protest in Gaza City of people who say they will not heed Israeli warnings to move their families to the southern part of enclave.

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