As we’ve been reporting, alarm is growing by the hour over the plight of civilians in Khan Younis amid the relentless Israeli attacks on the southern city, Al Jazeera reports.

New images show thousands of civilians, including children, fleeing the city on foot as an Israeli tank loomed behind them.

“They besieged us, so we fled,” said Tahani al-Najjar, who left Khan Younis with her daughter. “We call on the UN to intervene, to stop the war. Enough of fear and terror!”

Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the internally displaced people endured incessant cold rain and warned of the “spread of contagious diseases”.

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