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The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
More than 1,500 buildings have been demolished in areas of the Gaza Strip still under Israeli control since the ceasefire with Hamas took effect on Friday, October 10, according to an investigation by BBC Verify that analyzed recent satellite imagery.
The few buildings still standing in this expanse of northern Gaza protrude from the earth like broken bones. Around them, what was once a dense, urban neighborhood has been blown up, knocked down or otherwise crushed into debris and dust.
Israel called on civilians to leave Gaza City, an announcement that affects about 1.1 million people or roughly half the population of the whole Gaza Strip. They were told that for their own safety they should head south of Wadi Gaza, a seasonal river, as Israel massed tanks on the border ahead of an anticipated ground invasion.
Israel has faced calls to allow aid into northern Gaza through the crossing, which has been closed for two months.
After the ceasefire, many Palestinians who were displaced during the war are still grieving the homes they can’t return to—and which they often had to evacuate in minutes.
A de facto partition of Gaza is likely as Trump's peace plan falters. With Hamas refusing to disarm and Israel opposing PA involvement, the Yellow Line might become the permanent border.
NPR Mideast correspondent Daniel Estrin has entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war began, but Israel still requires a military escort.
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North Gaza border crossing reopens for entry of humanitarian aid
The Zikim crossing has been reopened for the entry of humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip, two months after it was closed amid an Israel Defense Forces operation. The move means that there are now three operational crossings into the Strip.
Israel's military gave CBS News a rare look deep inside Gaza, where many questions still hang over the ruins of war and the future of 2 million Palestinians.
Joujou, 31, has to feed her three children in the dark with a flashlight as there is no electricity in Gaza even after last month's Israel-Hamas ceasefire.