Scores of Palestinians have been killed and thousands forced to flee following nearly a week of relentless Israeli bombardment.
The Hamas-run municipality of Gaza City's southern Zeitoun district described the situation as 'catastrophic', with residents enduring almost constant explosions from Israeli air strikes, tank shelling and demolition operations.
Zeitoun, once home to around 50,000 people, has been left without food, water, or functioning infrastructure, following six days of strikes.
At least 40 Palestinians were killed on Saturday alone, Gaza's civil defence agency confirmed, as Israel pushed forward with its controversial plan to drive more than a million people from the city into sprawling tent camps in the south.
The UN Security Council has already condemned Israel's vote last week to seize the city, describing the mass displacement of its residents as unlawful.
