Israel has defended its conduct of war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip by touting a high-tech evacuation plan for civilians, amid pressure from allies to reduce the number of casualties in the besieged coastal enclave.
The Israeli military’s ground offensive against the Palestinian militant group is turning to the southern part of the strip that is now home to about 80 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3mn population.
Israeli officials say they are adopting a different approach during this phase of the war to the one used in the north, where air strikes and then a ground invasion by the Israel Defense Forces led to the deaths of thousands of civilians.