IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin issued a statement on the expansion of fighting in Gaza City and the Israeli attack in Yemen.

The IDF’s major offensive to capture Gaza City and destroy Hamas infrastructure in Gaza City is underway; 40 percent of the city’s population has been evacuated.

There has been a focus on multi-story buildings that have been converted into terrorist infrastructure. The IDF has struck over 500 military targets over the past week in Gaza City, the military said Friday.

Palestinians were forced to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip ahead of the Israeli ground offensive as strikes and explosions continued across Gaza City on Friday.

In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, its military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found.

Gaza City has been filled with so many tents because it was one of the few areas of the enclave that was still accessible to Gazans. Most of Gaza has been under evacuation orders or part of an Israeli militarized zone.

As Israel insists the whole population of Gaza City must leave, the BBC visits new aid sites the army claims will help them.