Summary
BBC Verify has confirmed women and young children were killed when a strike hit their vehicles as they headed away
from northern Gaza
Analysis of images from the scene show some of those who died were aged between two and five
Israel has warned 1.1m Palestinians living in north Gaza to evacuate south, and thousands have been fleeing by vehicle or on foot
UN chief António Guterres said the call for a mass evacuation was extremely hazardous and he urged humanitarian
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More than 1,300 people were killed in Israel last weekend when Hamas fighters crossed the border to attack civilians
and soldiers
More than 2,200 people have been killed in Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip launched in the aftermath,
Palestinian authorities say