The United Nations is urging Israel to rescind its order giving more than 1 million Palestinians just 24 hours to leave the north of the Gaza Strip and immediately evacuate to the territory's south.
Israeli forces are gathering for a possible ground invasion of Gaza following last week's Hamas attacks that left more than 1,300 Israelis dead.
Humanitarian organizations are warning of a massive loss of civilian life if the ground offensive goes ahead.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli defense chiefs, as our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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