The Israeli army published evacuation orders on Monday for most of Rafah and suggested that it could soon launch another ground operation in the city after the end of its ceasefire with Hamas.
The evacuation orders seemed to cover almost all the neighboring cities and areas. The soldiers ordered civilians to go to Mawasi, where tent camps were installed along the coast.
“The FDI returns to intense operations to dismantle the capacities of terrorist organizations in these areas,” a spokesperson for Israeli Defense forces on X. “For your safety, immediately move to the shelters of Al Mawasi.”
Earlier this month, Israel put an end to its ceasefire with Hamas and renewed its air and land attacks against the terrorist group. At the beginning of March, Israel cut all supplies and humanitarian aid in Gaza to put pressure on Hamas to accept changes in the ceasefire agreement.
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The mourning people walk near the bodies of the Abu Sultan family, killed when an Israeli army strike struck their tent before their burial at Khan Younis hospital, Southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP)
Israel launched a major operation in Rafah in May, decimating large parts of the region. The soldiers seized a strategic corridor along the border and the crossing of Rafah with Egypt, which is the only path from Gaza to the outside world which was not controlled by Israel.
Israel had to withdraw from the corridor under the ceasefire before refusing later, citing the need to block the smuggling of weapons.
Israel said he would intensify his military operations until Hamas publishes the 59 hostages remaining under his care, including 24 which would be alive. Israel also called on the terrorist group to disarm and leave the territory, conditions that were not in the cease-fire agreement. Hamas rejected these requests.
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Hassan Abu Sultan mourns the body of his son Jehad, who, with his wife and three children, was killed when an Israeli army strike struck their tent. (AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his country would take control of security in Gaza after the war and would impose the controversial proposal from President Donald Trump to reinstall civilians in the territory in other countries.
The proposal was universally rejected by the Palestinians, who consider him a forced displacement of their homeland. Human rights experts also claim that the plan would probably violate international law.
Hamas insisted to move forward with the signed ceasefire agreement, which asked that the rest of the hostages be released in exchange for a sustainable ceasefire and outgoing Israel its troops in Gaza. Negotiations on these parties of the agreement had to have started in February after certain hostages were released in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in police custody.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, said ISRAEL would take control of security in Gaza after the war and impose the plan of President Donald Trump to reinstall civilians in the territory in other countries. (Reuters / Ronen Zvulun / Pool / Photo file)
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War began when Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 others, most of whom have since been released in ceasefire or other transactions.
According to the Gaza Government Ministry of Health, more than 50,000 Palestinians were killed by reprisals by Israeli soldiers, according to the Ministry of Health of the Government managed by Hamas, which does not make the difference between civilians and terrorists.
At the height of the war, around 90% of the Gaza population had been moved and many had fled.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
