Middle East crisis: Israeli army orders evacuations in southeast Gaza

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The Israeli army ordered new evacuations to southern areas on Monday -east of Gaza on the outskirts of Khan Younis and Rafah. Such orders usually indicate that the army is planning a ground attack.
Doctors at the European Hospital in Gaza, near Khan Younis , said they were also ordered to evacuate. The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment on the hospital evacuation order.
An announcement evacuation notice posted on social media by the Israeli army Arab media spokesperson Avichay Adraee said residents in designated areas “must evacuate immediately” for their safety.

Source: Israeli military announcements

By Leanne Abraham

Large swathes of Khan Younis were razed in a prolonged assault earlier this year, after which Israeli forces withdrew, saying having destroyed the Hamas battalions there. . But Israeli commanders have repeatedly sent troops back to areas they were supposed to secure to quell resurgent pockets of Hamas fighters.
The evacuation order has been announced. after the Israeli military reported that at least 20 rockets had been fired from southern Gaza towards Israel and said it had fired artillery in response, hitting the sources of the fire.
< p class="live-blog-post-content css -h61jh5 evys1bk0">Most of Gaza's population, around 2.2 million, was displaced during the war; many people were repeatedly forced to flee under evacuation orders or to escape fighting.
The United Nations condemned Monday's evacuation order. “This shows once again that no place is safe in Gaza,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told reporters in New York, adding that the announcement underlined the need for a ceasefire. “It is a new stop in this murderous circular movement that the population of Gaza must endure regularly,” he added.
VideoDr. Mohammed Harara, who sees patients at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, shared videos with The New York Times showing injured patients being transferred to ambulances following evacuation orders in the area.CreditCredit... Jehad Alshrafi/Associated Press

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Middle East crisis: Israeli army orders evacuations in southeast Gaza

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The Israeli army ordered new evacuations to southern areas on Monday -east of Gaza on the outskirts of Khan Younis and Rafah. Such orders usually indicate that the army is planning a ground attack.

Doctors at the European Hospital in Gaza, near Khan Younis , said they were also ordered to evacuate. The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment on the hospital evacuation order.

An announcement evacuation notice posted on social media by the Israeli army Arab media spokesperson Avichay Adraee said residents in designated areas “must evacuate immediately” for their safety.

Source: Israeli military announcements

By Leanne Abraham

Large swathes of Khan Younis were razed in a prolonged assault earlier this year, after which Israeli forces withdrew, saying having destroyed the Hamas battalions there. . But Israeli commanders have repeatedly sent troops back to areas they were supposed to secure to quell resurgent pockets of Hamas fighters.

The evacuation order has been announced. after the Israeli military reported that at least 20 rockets had been fired from southern Gaza towards Israel and said it had fired artillery in response, hitting the sources of the fire.

< p class="live-blog-post-content css -h61jh5 evys1bk0">Most of Gaza's population, around 2.2 million, was displaced during the war; many people were repeatedly forced to flee under evacuation orders or to escape fighting.

The United Nations condemned Monday's evacuation order. “This shows once again that no place is safe in Gaza,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told reporters in New York, adding that the announcement underlined the need for a ceasefire. “It is a new stop in this murderous circular movement that the population of Gaza must endure regularly,” he added.