Satellite images taken over and around Gaza City point to preparations for the expanded military operation and show signs internally displaced people are already fleeing.

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Recent satellite images taken over and around Gaza City point to preparations for the expanded military operation there and show signs that people sheltering there have already been displaced. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday that the force had begun "preliminary operations and the first stages of the attack on Gaza City,