Explaining the war in Israel and Gaza with maps As fighting moves into Gaza, urban combat is expected The territory's over 2 million civilians may try to escape But the borders with Israel and Egypt are closed to civilians Zaid Jilani Updated: Oct 12, 2023 / 04:15 PM CDT NOW PLAYING Want to see more of NewsNation? Get 24/7 fact-based news coverage with the NewsNation app or add NewsNation as a preferred source on Google! Add as preferred source on Google Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here. Subscribe Now Frontlines with Robert Sherman Submit AUTO TEST CUSTOM HTML 20260112181412