Reports of heavy fighting near Gaza City hospitals

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Heavy bombardment in northern Gaza, seen from Sderot in southern Israel.

Israeli forces are carrying on their deep push into Gaza City amid their war against Hamas.

Multiple reports indicate heavy fighting is taking place near hospitals in northern Gaza. People in the city told BBC correspondent Rushdi Abualouf that the biggest hospital of the Strip, Al-Shifa, is currently surrounded.

He has also been told that tanks are advancing on the city centre.

There have been no immediate reports of a lull in fighting in northern Gaza, despite the US saying on Thursday that Israel had agreed to begin four-hour daily military pauses to allow civilians to flee.

“There is more that can and should be done to minimise harm to Palestinian civilians,” insisted the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today.