Hi there, everyone.

It's 4 o'clock in New York.

It is 11 p.m. in Israel and in Gaza, where a ground invasion by Israeli forces could

be just hours away, what is likely to be a deadly and devastating new chapter of a conflict

that, of course, began with that deadly terror attack on Saturday morning that has now been

responsible for taking the lives of most of the 1,300 people who have been killed in

Israel.

Nearly 1,800 people have lost their lives in Gaza, 27 Americans have died.

Just a few hours ago, the Israeli military tweeted that a quote, extensive attack is currently

underway that is after an unprecedented evacuation order by Israel that called for more than a

million residents in the northern part of the Gaza Strip to evacuate within 24 hours.

It was issued just after midnight local time last night.

You can see here on your screens, those are leaflets being dropped, telling people

living there to get out.

All day, scenes of panic and desperation have unfolded in the Gaza Strip, many residents

having nowhere to go, and with all of Gaza under a blockade as the New York Times reports,

many Palestinians were reluctant to leave their homes for southern Gaza, which has even

fewer resources and routes to get there that have been damaged by a week of Israeli strikes.

Amos officials have urged Palestinians not to comply at all with the evacuation order.

A doctor in Gaza told our colleague, Richard Angle, she fears the worst.

No one can leave Gaza, no one can enter Gaza.

There is no crossing borders, nothing left for anyone to do.

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