this incredible project. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel s prime minister says the country s troops are now advancing into gaza city, after pushing through hamas s front lines in the north of the gaza strip. the bbc understands that five different battles have been taking place in northern gaza, with the biggest in the north west of the strip, but this can t be independently verified. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, we re at the height of the battle. we ve had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of gaza city. israel s intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the seventh 0