This is Gaza City. Tents crowd nearly every spare piece of land. Many buildings are destroyed. Nearly a million people were estimated to live here this summer.

Hundreds of thousands of people will have to decide whether to risk staying put or fleeing south to overcrowded areas, many of which are in ruins, as Israel looks set to launch a…

Warning that an attack of "great force" would soon be underway, the Israel Defense Forces told the entire population of Gaza City to move to southern Gaza.