Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings south on a road in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City on Sept. 16.

This morning residents of Gaza City heard Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announce on the news that “Gaza is burning ... we will not slow down or retreat until the mission is complete.”

The Israeli military offensive is no longer just air strikes or warnings to leave, as Gazans been experiencing for weeks. Israel’s actions have expanded to a full ground invasion deep into Gaza’s eastern and central neighbourhoods.

Strikes have focused on neighbourhoods including Shujaiya, Al-Zaytoun, Al-Tuffah and Al-Sabra, plus areas near Beach Camp, a refugee camp. Buildings are being flattened, houses are open to the sky with no roofs or walls

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