Palestinians are scrambling to flee northern Gaza after Israel’s military told about 1 million people to leave for the southern part of the besieged territory. Israel carried out some limited ground operations ahead of an expected wider land offensive against Gaza's militant Hamas rulers following their attack into southern Israel a week ago.
Dead bodies continue to pile up outside Gaza’s largest hospital as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh day. Dead bodies continue to pile up outside Gaza’s largest hospital as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh day. Dead bodies continue to pile up outside Gaza’s largest hospital as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh day. Israel Defense Forces have released footage showing its elite Shayetet 13 unit retaking the Sufa outpost near the Gaza security fence.
Haifa Khamis al-Shurafa, 42, fled to the farming town of Deir al-Balah in a group of about 150 people on Friday, after her apartment in an upscale neighborhood of Gaza City was demolished in an Israeli airstrike earlier in the week. Hamas said Israel’s airstrikes killed 13 hostages, including foreigners. It did not provide their nationalities. The military denied the claim. Hamas and other Palestinian militants hope to trade the hostages for
An Israeli military spokesperson, Jonathan Conricus, said the evacuation was aimed at keeping civilians safe and keeping Hamas from using them as human shields. He urged people in the targeted areas to leave immediately and to return “only when we tell them that it is safe to do so.” Josep Borrell, speaking to news media on a visit to China, welcomed the evacuation order but said, “You cannot move such a volume of people in short period of time,” noting a lack of shelters and transportation.Hamas’ media office said airstrikes hit cars in three locations as they headed south from Gaza City, killing 70 people. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Many feared they would be unable to return or would be gradually displaced to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
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