The Israeli army published an evacuation order for the South Gaza Strip on Monday, reporting that it could relaunch intensive operations in the region.
Order – which came during the Eid Al -Fitr holidays – announced difficulties renewed for the Palestinians in the most southern city of Rafah, which was beaten by war between Israel and Hamas. The war resumed two weeks ago after the collapse of a month-long ceasefire.
In the past, the Israeli army has ordered evacuations before air attacks and ground maneuvers which, according to him, targeted Hamas.
Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Arab language of the Israeli army, published a map of affected areas on its social media accounts on Monday, notably Rafah and certain parts of Khan Younis Voisin. He said that the Palestinians had to move to shelters in a costal region in the north.
The Israeli army “amounts to fighting with great strength to eliminate the capacities of terrorist organizations in these areas,” he wrote.
Earlier this month, Adraee announced an evacuation order for certain districts in Rafah, and the cards he published on Monday included them again.
It was not clear how many people were still in Rafah when Mr. Adraee made his post and how much intended to follow his instructions. While hundreds of thousands of people lived there before the war, large expanses of the city have since been reduced to rubble.
Over the past two weeks, Mr. Adraee has issued evacuation orders for other Gaza parts, but many residents of these regions have apparently ignored them.
Since the start of the war flamed by the attack led by Hamas in October 2023 against Israel, the Palestinians of Gaza have been moved several times by fighting – a miserable experience which forced many people to live in weights of makeshifts crowded alongside foreigners.
The Israeli army resumed its operations against Hamas in Gaza on March 18 after Israel and Hamas did not conclude an agreement to extend a ceasefire that started in January.
Israel and Hamas have spoken to mediators of a potential agreement to restore the ceasefire, but a breakthrough has not yet been made.
