The Israeli army says its forces have been operating in the centre of Gaza City in recent days, where it says Hamas's military quarter is located.

In a statement, the IDF says that they have killed or captured about 50 Hamas fighters during "intense battles"

It says that with air support and assistance of special forces, Israeli forces raided the military quarter of Hamas in the heart of Gaza City, near Al-Shifa Hospital.

The IDF claims that the area they have raided was the centre of Hamas intelligence and operational activities which it used to plan and prepare the 7 October attacks in Israel.

The area contains the Hamas interior ministry, underground tunnel networks and war-rooms, the army says.

Combat in the area is continuing, according to the statement.

As we've previously reported, the Al-Shifa hospital is being used as shelter by many Palestinians displaced by the fighting in Gaza City.

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Paul Adams
Reporting from Jerusalem

Pictures from the Gaza Strip today once again show thousands of Palestinians on the move, heading south along Salah el-Din road.

These are some of the largest civilian movements since the early days of the war in Gaza.

Drone shots taken at the Wadi Gaza line show an endless stream of people, most of them on foot. Some are on carts pulled by donkeys. Some are pushing prams. Many are holding white flags, a sign of surrender.

No previous Israeli military operation in Gaza – and there have been many – has ever triggered such a mass exodus.

For a population mostly descended from refugees from the traumatic events surrounding the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 (known by Palestinians as the “nakba” or catastrophe), 2023 has terrible echoes.

Israel says their dislocation will be temporary, but the scenes of destruction they’re walking away from suggest that many will have nothing to go back to when this is all over.

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The Palestinian health ministry says the death toll following a raid by Israeli forces on Jenin city and refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has risen from eight to 10.

Israel's military said it was conducting counter-terrorism raids in Jenin and elsewhere in the West Bank, adding that it has destroyed and confiscated weapons.

Last week, the Israeli army said its forces were "operating against Hamas" across the area.

At least 176 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the war on 7 October, according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures.

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We brought you comments a little earlier from French President Emmanuel Macron, as he opened a conference in Paris intended to co-ordinate aid for Gaza.

Since then we've heard from some of the other representatives at the event - here's a round up of what they've said so far.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa):

Mohammad Shtayyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (separate from Gaza, which Hamas runs):

Israeli military spokesman Colonel Moshe Tetro - who is not at the conference - told reporters today:

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry condemned "international silence on violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel", adding:

The Israel Defence Forces say an unmanned aircraft has hit a civilian building in the southern city of Eilat.

Details of the aircraft and what happened are under review, the force said in a post on X, external.

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BBC Verify has been examining video, listening to eyewitness testimony and analysing satellite images of people fleeing northern Gaza.

Some have described seeing decomposing bodies and Israeli tanks along Salah al-Din road – designated as a "safe road" by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at certain times of day.

In one video, posted on the messaging app Telegram on Tuesday, a woman talked about bodies on the highway.

She said she had been looking for her son near the Netzarim junction and described finding his body lying in the road among others.

Satellite imagery of the highway - posted on 7 November - shows people walking along the road and an IDF tank next to it.

The image also shows damage to buildings and what appears to be debris on the road.

Read more about what the journey is like here.

At least 10,812 people, including 4,412 children, have been killed in Gaza since the 7 October attacks in Israel, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says.

The previous total given by the ministry yesterday was 10,569.

Israel disputes the accuracy of the numbers, but the World Health Organization believes the figures are trustworthy.

Rushdi Abualouf
Reporting from Khan Younis

Israeli forces surround a significant part of Gaza City and are advancing towards the Al Quds hospital area, where about 14,000 people are sheltering.

There are also around 100 patients in the hospital itself.

Yesterday the hospital said they can't move them, because there are no undamaged roads to transport them.

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The Israel Defense Forces have said "tactical, local pauses for humanitarian aid for Gazan civilians" are taking place in Gaza.

In a post on X, external, it said "these tactical pauses are limited in time and area". It gave no timings or locations either in the post or on other outlets.

However, we know the Israeli military communicates with people in Gaza using text messages and leaflets in specific areas - as well as phone calls to individuals, which you can read about in this report.

On Wednesday, our reporter in Gaza, Rusdhi Abualouf, told us the Israeli military had announced a four-hour pause in three central neighbourhoods in Gaza City.

As a reminder, the G7 group of nations yesterday called for longer "humantarian pauses" in fighting - but did not call for a total ceasefire.

Rushdi Abualouf
Reporting from Khan Younis

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Thousands of people have arrived in the south of Gaza, undergoing a miserable journey, in the unusally hot weather.

Why? Because of the fighting in Gaza City.

But where I am, in the grounds of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, there is no space for people

There is very little aid, water and food is a real struggle. The situation here is on the edge of catastrophe.

The city is overwhelmed by the number of refugees.

Rushdi Abualouf
Reporting from Khan Younis

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The fighting in Gaza City is really intensifying, and - as we reported earlier - there is a very serious fight near the Al Quds hospital as tanks advance close to the hospital.

Communication is difficult, but I was talking to someone this morning who said it was "a real gun battle" in the area.

Most of the buildings in that neighbourhood were targeted by the Israeli military at the start of their response to the Hamas attack on 7 October.

This area was heavily bombed from the air for days. Now it's being bombed from sea and by artillery units on the ground.

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Meanwhile in the West Bank, the death toll from Israeli raids in Jenin overnight has risen to eight, the Palestinian health ministry says.

The ministry earlier said six Palestinians were killed during the raids.

Israel's military confirmed it was conducting counter-terrorism raids in Jenin and elsewhere in the West Bank, saying they had destroyed and confiscated weapons.

Since the beginning of the war, more than 150 Palestinians including 44 children, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces, the UN humanitarian office OCHA says.

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The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza says 12 Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured by Israeli air strikes on a street in Deir al-Balah.

Deir al-Balah is in the central region of the Gaza Strip between Gaza City and Khan Younis.

The IDF has not commented on the specific incident - but says its strikes target Hamas infrastructure and fighters.

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As we've been reporting, the Israeli military is continuing its offensive in the Gaza Strip, with fighting reported across the north.

We're now hearing reports of heavy fighting very close to the Al Quds hospital in Gaza City.

Thousands of displaced people have used the hospital's courtyards as shelter - it's not known how many are still there.

The Israeli military has accused Hamas of using hospitals in Gaza as a shield for its tunnels and fighters.

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Opening a conference for Gaza hosted in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron has just called for a humanitarian pause to the fighting in Gaza.

The G7 group of nations - which includes France - said the same yeserday, at a meeting of foreign ministers in Tokyo.

Macron also said that France's aid to the Palestinians would increase five-fold next year, from 20m euros (£17.4m) at present to 100m euros (£87m).

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More fighting overnight: The Israeli military says, after 10 hours of fighting, it's taken over a Hamas outpost in Jabalia, northern Gaza. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, external that Israeli planes had bombed and destroyed a house in the area. Meanwhile in the south of Gaza, the Hamas-run Palestinian interior ministry says six people were killed in a bombing in Khan Younis.

• Some context: Israel announced on 28 October that its ground forces would "expand operations" in Gaza. It entered northern Gaza and since then its military says it has "encircled Gaza City".

Evacuation routes and a closed border: While the Rafah border crossing (from Gaza into Egypt) is today closed, the Israeli military has reopened an evacuation road that allows civilians to move from northern Gaza to the south.

• Some context: Hundreds of wounded Palestinians and foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave Gaza via Rafah since 1 November. Israel has told all Gazans in the north to flee south for their own safety - and hundreds of thousands have already gone

War crime claims: Volker Türk, the UN commissioner for human rights, last night said both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes. He cited Hamas's continued holding of hostages and Israel's "collective punishment" of Palestinians as examples.

• Some context: The rules for war, which are spelt out in the Geneva Conventions, prohibit hostage taking, and say countries engaged in conflict "may not deport or forcibly transfer the civilian population of an occupied territory".

Another warning of wider Middle East war: The second in command of Hezbollah - the powerful Iranian backed militia based in Lebanon - has again warned that Israel's killing of civilians in Gaza risks causing the conflict to spill over into surrounding countries. "The danger is real," he told the BBC’s Orla Guerin.

• Some context: Read Orla's interview with Sheikh Naim Qassem in full here. You can also watch BBC Newsnight's analysis of whether a wider Middle East war could happen right here.

Latest death tolls: The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 10,500 people have now been killed since Israel began its retaliatory strikes. Israel began its campaign after a Hamas attack last month, which saw 1,400 people killed and more than 200 taken hostage.

• Some context: There has been speculation about how we can verify the figures coming out of Gaza, from Hamas. Our colleagues at BBC Verify looked into this, which you can catch up on here.

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Away from Gaza now, we have a bit more from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli troops carried out raids overnight. The Palestinian health ministry has just said six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during the raids on various towns in the north.

One of the camps that have been raided was the Jenin refugee camp - where we reported from earlier. Local residents there say Israeli forces bulldozed the streets, leaving damage to the water and electricity network.

Charity the Palestinian Red Crescent said one of their paramedics was injured with live bullets "when a PRCS ambulance was targeted during a raid by occupation forces in Jenin refugee camp".

Israel's military confirmed it was conducting counter-terrorism raids in Jenin and elsewhere in the West Bank, saying they had destroyed and confiscated weapons.

Since the beginning of the war, more than 150 Palestinians including 44 children, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces, the UN humanitarian office OCHA says.

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Earlier, Israel gave an update on the fighting in Gaza, saying it took control of a "Hamas stronghold" in the northern Gaza Strip, west of Jabalia, after a 10-hour battle.

Hamas has now also given an update, with its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claiming to have:

• Destroyed three Israeli vehicles and a bulldozer near the Al-Shati camp, also known as the Beach camp
• Destroyed an Israeli tank north of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City
• Destroyed an Israeli tank in Al-Tawam, north of Gaza City

Meanwhile, the Al-Quds Brigades - from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group - claim to have bombed Israeli vehicles in the Ansar complex in Gaza City.

They also say they have fired rockets at the Israeli city of Ashdod, where air raid sirens have been heard.

As a reminder, the BBC can't immediately verify most battlefield claims.

As we've just reported, Israel is again opening a road today for six hours for Palestinian people in the north of Gaza to move south. We've been receiving photos already this morning of more people on the move:

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The Israeli military says it has today reopened an evacuation corridor to allow civilians in northern Gaza (where much of the war is taking place) to move to the south.

The Israel Defense Forces - which has been telling Gazans to do this for weeks - says this will be the fifth consecutive day the Salah al-Din corridor is open.

Avichay Adraee, the military's spokesman for Arab media, said on X that movement though the main road, external running the length of Gaza would be permitted between 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) and 16:00. That's an hour longer than yesterday.

Yesterday, about 50,000 people managed to evacuate the north via this road, UN humanitarian agency OCHA said, external - the largest number in a single day since the corridor opened on Sunday.

But those making the journey were still at risk, OCHA said. "Clashes and shelling on and around the road reportedly continued, endangering evacuees with reports of corpses alongside the road," they said, before quoting an evacuee who said they were forced to walk "for about two hours" with a family member in a wheelchair.

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