In the tiny Gaza Strip, where more than two million people are trapped, death can feel imminent. Israeli airstrikes, which have resumed after a brief truce, can come at any time and to any place, and food and water remain scarce.
Israel says civilian casualties are inevitable because Hamas embeds within Gaza's population. The country's military is now entering its next phase of its offensive against Hamas, more closely focused on the south, where most of Gaza's population has fled. Israel has told many civilians there to move again. But it is not obvious where they should go, and conditions are desperate. Parents skip meals so their children can eat. Taps have run dry. U.N. shelters are so crowded that there is a single toilet for every 160 people, and none of Gaza's hospitals are functional enough to perform surgery, according to the W.H.O.
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