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UN says order from Israel for evacuation from north to south is driving people ‘into the abyss’ as military conducts ‘localised raids’ into Gaza and troops mass on border

Israel's military dropped leaflets on Gaza's largest city Friday, urging roughly 1 million residents to move south for their own safety. But Gaza's borders are all closed, as conditions deteriorate.

The Israeli air strikes have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of children in Gaza, the total blockade poses risks.

Residents across the Gaza Strip have sought shelter in UN-run schools. But schools too have been targeted by Israel.

As Israel bombards the Gaza Strip, residents are expected to face an ‘utter disaster’ in the coming days.

Israel laid “total siege” to the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to cut off food, water and electricity supplies to the impoverished enclave as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory in retaliation for a brazen and bloody incursion that caught Israel’s vaunted security apparatus completely off guard.

At least 73,000 Palestinians left their homes near the Israeli frontier in Gaza’s east and are staying in 64 UN schools.

There are still a number of unaccounted-for U.S. citizens, U.S. officials said, as the fighting entered its third day.

Israel has declared war, bombarding the Gaza strip with airstrikes in retaliation for a major surprise attack by the militant group Hamas