As Israel's ground offensive in Gaza City escalates, Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council warns civilians are trapped, forced to choose between staying under bombardment or fleeing south.

Israeli tanks were stationed on the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday ahead of a planned ground operation into the enclave’s largest urban area, according to eyewitnesses and satellite imagery.

New satellite imagery shows the massive evacuation of Palestinians from northern Gaza and Gaza City, where the Israeli military has started a ground invasion.

At the initial stages of evacuations a couple of weeks ago, only around 70,000 civilians fled. By early last week, the numbers had risen to around 250,000.

The hospital director, arrested and tortured by Israel, has just seen his brother and other family members killed.

The Ukrainian air force claimed Russia fired 86 drones overnight, including more than 50 Shahed attack drones, 71 of which were shot down. Fifteen strikes were recorded at six locations across Ukraine. Separately, Ukraine’s President Vololdymyr Zelensky reported two people were injured in the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipro region.