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Thousands flee Gaza City to 'humanitarian safe zone'

September 8, 2025

Thousands of people are fleeing from Gaza City, as dozens have been killed in multiple airstrikes over the weekend. The Israeli army is expanding its offensive with the country's prime minster insisting that the operation is necessary to defeat Hamas.

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Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in Gaza over the weekend, including children sheltering in a school. At Shifa Hospital, families mourned loved ones as the morgues filled up. Thousands fled to Mawasi, designated by Israel as a humanitarian zone. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the offensive targets the Islamist militat group Hamas, but global calls for Israel to halt the operation are growing.

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Pablo Foley Elias A news anchor and reporter at DW News in Berlin.