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Israel 's army on Monday ordered roughly 100,000 people living in eastern Rafah to evacuate ahead of an imminent military assault on the area, terrifying families who have been forcibly displaced to the southern Gaza city in recent months and intensifying warnings of a bloodbath. The Israel Defense Forces dropped leaflets over Rafah ordering some of its 1.
The new evacuation orders, expected to be just the first round of directives, include Rafah's largest medical facility. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , the main relief agency in Gaza, said in response to the IDF's orders that it would not leave Rafah. 'An Israeli offensive in Rafah would mean more civilian suffering and deaths. The consequences would be devastating for 1.
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