Hello and welcome to our viewers. Im Michael Holmes with cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It has been a day now since israel issued an ultimatum to evacuate Northern Gaza immediately, warning that increased Israeli Military activity against hamas would be imminent. Tens of thousands of palestinians were scene leaving their homes in gaza city throughout friday, carrying what they could, but many are deciding not to evacuate or simply dont have the means to do so. Most say they have no safe place to go and on top of that, hamas told them to stay in their homes. With so many people suddenly streaming into southern gaza, the only place to actually leave the strip is the rafa Border Crossing into egypt and that isnt open. Egypt says theyve not closed their side, but the status is unclear due to israeli air strikes on the gaza side. The Israeli Military says it carried out a limited raid in gaza primarily to seek out intelligence on the estimated 150 hostages. An unknown number
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