Israel is blasting through Gaza City neighborhoods, but people have nowhere to go

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(Anas Baba | NPR)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, and GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military says it has taken control of almost half of Gaza City as it prepares for a large-scale ground offensive to fully occupy its densely populated urban center. In the past three weeks, Gaza’s civil defense, or first responders, say Israel has destroyed some 1,500 homes in the Zaytoun and Sabra neighborhoods of eastern Gaza City. Israel Begins its Invasion of Gaza City The Israeli military has begun a push into Gaza City, with an expected ground invasion and forcible evacuation of nearly a million people living there. Famine confirmed in northern Gaza, says U.N.-backed panel Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group of experts warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East. (Anas Baba | NPR)Israeli troops encircle Gaza City, forcing families to fleeThe sound of loud explosions can be heard and seen in northern Gaza City, day and night.