Israel issues new orders as it expands ground invasion into southern Gaza, which has displaced thousands of Palestinians.
The Israeli military has issued new evacuation orders in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, which further expand into an area where displaced Palestinians have been forced to take shelter.
It said in an announcement on Saturday that remaining in the area “has become dangerous” due to rockets fired by Palestinian fighters.
“The adjustment is being carried out in accordance with accurate information indicating that Hamas has incorporated terrorist infrastructures into the area defined as a humanitarian area,” the military said, adding that it was about to “operate by force” there.
The latest order comes a week after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for the eastern parts of Khan Younis and began a new ground invasion, months after launching an offensive there.
The Khan Younis invasion displaced at least 180,000 Palestinians in the first four days since it was launched, with many having to move without their belongings, according to the United Nations.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said people should go to “safer” areas, despite repeated international warnings that nowhere is safe.
“But what we are seeing on the ground and judging by the patterns of how it happened, it is more of a forced internal displacement for a population already displaced in the southern part of Khan Younis that had already fled the eastern part of Khan Younis. as the Israeli military expanded its operations,” he said.
Mahmoud said an airstrike killed many people inside a house in the area on Saturday morning, before the Israeli military ordered the latest mass evacuation through leaflets, SMS, phone calls, recorded audio messages and language media broadcasts. Arabic.
Medical sources told Al Jazeera that 14 bodies had arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis since morning.
An Al Jazeera correspondent also reported that Israeli artillery shelling has targeted the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
The Israeli military continues its deadly attacks on areas of the besieged enclave, including Rafah in the south.
It confirmed on Saturday that it had struck “dozens of targets” over the past day, including the Zeitoun neighborhood of northern Gaza City, which has been a repeated target of attacks for months.
UN agencies have condemned Israel’s policy of mass displacement of Gaza’s civilian population and military strikes in areas previously declared humanitarian “safe zones” by Israel.
The Israeli military has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the start of the current conflict in October, with more than 90,000 injured and thousands missing.
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