Israel’s military has launched a ground offensive in Gaza City, prompting thousands of residents to flee. Many are moving south after Israel ordered a full evacuation. The city, home to about 1 million people, has already been ravaged by earlier raids and is gripped by famine.

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 (AP Photo)

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City by foot and vehicles, carrying their belongings toward southern Gaza (AP Photo)

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza towards the south, after Israel’s military says its expanded operation in Gaza City has begun and warns residents to leave (AP Photo)

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo)

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, as Israel announced an expanded operation in Gaza City (AP Photo)

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza, after Israel’s military operation in Gaza City has begun (AP Photo)

Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee northern Gaza along the coastal road toward the south, as Israel announced an expanded operation in City (AP Photo)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing towards southern Gaza, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders from Gaza City. (AP Photo)

Members of the Abdullah family who were evacuated from Gaza City set up their tent in a camp for displaced Palestinians in Muwasi, an area that Israel has designated as a safe zone, in Khan Younis southern Gaza Strip (AP Photo)

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With inputs from Associated Press

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