The Israeli military has advanced further into the southern and western regions of Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Monday. In the early hours of Monday, the military began what it called counterterrorism operations in the area in northern Gaza and called on civilians to leave before the operation began, the IDF said. IDF troops reached the headquarters of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City, it said. Army radio reported clashes with armed members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. According to Palestinian hospital reports, at …