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Israel expands ground offensive in central Gaza, UN warns of 'catastrophic' humanitarian crisis

Israeli troops conducting military operations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Dec 25, 2023. [Xinhua]

Israel declared on Tuesday the expansion of its ground offensive in the central Gaza Strip, as the United Nations warned that the escalation of attacks is exacerbating a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

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