The evacuation orders indicated that Israel was pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and center of the embattled territory that has killed dozens of people over the past 48…
A Palestinian boy wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated in a hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south Wednesday, pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and center of the embattled territory that has killed dozens of people over the past 48 hours.
Israel informed people in Gaza of the evacuation order by dropping leaflets urging “all those in Gaza City” to take two “safe routes” south to the area around the central town of Deir al-Balah. Gaza City, it said, will “remain a dangerous combat zone.”. Large parts of Gaza City and urban areas around it have been flattened or left a shattered landscape by previous Israeli assaults.
Among the dead were six children and three women, according to officials at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the casualties were taken. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies. The house hit in Deir al-Balah was inside the “humanitarian safe zone” where Israel has told Palestinians to flee for refuge.
In nine months of bombardment and offensives in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 38,200 people and wounded more than 88,000, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count. Nearly the entire population has been driven from their homes. Many have been displaced multiple times.
Only 13 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are functioning, and those only partially, according to the United Nations’ humanitarian office.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war with HamasThe number of dead could rise as many of the wounded are in critical condition.
Read more »
Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war with HamasIsrael informed people in Gaza of the evacuation order by dropping leaflets Wednesday urging 'all those in Gaza City' to take two 'safe routes' south.
Read more »
Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war with HamasIsrael says it is pursuing Hamas fighters regrouping in various parts of Gaza nine months into the military’s devastating offensive.
Read more »
Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war with HamasThe Israeli military says it has ordered the evacuation of Gaza City, which was an early target of the war that is now seeing renewed fighting.
Read more »
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza City, Hamas-run media office saysAt least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, Hamas-run government media office says.
Read more »
Airstrike kills 25 in southern Gaza as Israeli assault on Gaza City shuts down medical facilitiesHeavy bombardment in the north forced the closure of medical facilities in Gaza City and sent thousands fleeing in search of increasingly elusive refuge.
Read more »