DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip Desperate Palestinians scrambled for escape from northern Gaza on Saturday or huddled by the thousands at a main hospital in the target zone in hopes it would be spared, as Israel intensified warnings of an imminent offensive by air, ground and sea following Hamas militants deadly rampage in Israel a week ago.
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The Israeli military said it would allow Palestinians to move south on two of Gaza’s main roads between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. “without any harm.” Displaced Palestinians struggled to find food or places to shelter as the U.N. warned that clean water in Gaza was running out.