Israeli troops have been battling Palestinian militants inside Gaza for over a week, and have succeeded in cutting the territory in half and encircling Gaza City.
About 1,400 people in Israel have died, mostly civilians killed in the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas that started the war.
The military says a one-way corridor for residents of Gaza City and surrounding areas to flee south remains available.
Residents in northern Gaza reported heavy battles overnight into Tuesday morning in the outskirts of Gaza City.
Israel captured Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war.
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