Bianca Britton is a reporter for NBC News' Social Newsgathering team based in London.
TEL AVIV — The bombs kept coming, and their families and countrymen kept dying, but it wasn't until this week that thousands of Palestinians still in northern Gaza decided it was time to leave. Many set off on foot Wednesday, forming a mileslong exodus to southern Gaza as the Israeli military intensified its assault and ground troops closed in on the center of Gaza City. Some Palestinians carried white flags, hoping to fend off attacks in a war that has taken a heavy toll on civilians.
IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned in a social media post on Wednesday that “time is running out” for civilians to leave northern Gaza, which he said has become a “fierce combat zone.” Civilians in the north and humanitarian groups have said those short windows of time are not enough for people to flee safely, while medical personnel at hospitals where thousands of people are sheltering have said they cannot relocate all of their patients, especially those in critical condition.
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