Israel pounds Gaza City, killing 49, displacing 6,000 in a day

Israeli forces have ramped up attacks on Gaza City, systematically levelling buildings, including schools-turned-shelters run by the United Nations, and killing at least 49 people. The toll from Gaza City took the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across the Strip on Saturday to 62. More than 6,000 Palestinians were also displaced in Gaza City by the relentless bombardment, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence. “Residents of Gaza City are now living in extremely difficult conditions under the continuous siege and bombardment,” said Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the agency. Israeli forces launched strikes in rapid succession on Gaza City, according to witnesses, in a bid to clear the urban centre for takeover, dropping leaflets warning starving and terrified...