The Israeli directive comes amid glimmers of hope for a cease-fire as negotiations resume in Qatar.
Israeli forces on July 8 ordered residents in Gaza City to evacuate to central Gaza Strip ahead of a wider military operation. JERUSALEM — Israel issued a sweeping directive for all Palestinians to leave Gaza City on Wednesday, sowing mass confusion and fear among hundreds of thousands of affected residents.
Two days earlier, Israeli forces issued evacuation orders for about half of Gaza’s largest city. Wednesday’s recommendation marked the broadest expansion yet of Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza City, which began in late June in the eastern Shejaiya neighborhood and this week expanded into central and western areas.fighters who have regrouped in the area. Israeli forces withdrew from the city in January but have since returned for targeted operations.
The Palestine Red Crescent said in a statement Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, that its emergency services could not reach the sick and wounded.
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