- The latest evacuation order covers Gaza’s second largest city, Khan Younis
- Tens of thousands of people have already fled due to a separate evacuation order last week.
- On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City.
The Israeli army ordered mass evacuations in southern Gaza yesterday following a deadly attack on a school.
The latest evacuation orders cover Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city and part of an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone from where the military says rockets have been fired.
Tens of thousands of people had already fled due to a separate evacuation order last week.
This comes after the city suffered widespread destruction during an air and ground offensive earlier this year.
On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City, where thousands of people were sheltering.
The Israeli army has ordered mass evacuations in Khan Younis, Gaza’s second largest city.
The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of an area that partly includes a humanitarian zone declared by Israel, from which the military says rockets have been fired.
Smoke rises after Israeli shelling in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, on Sunday
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 80 people were killed and 50 wounded in Saturday’s attack, although Israel has denied this and said 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants were killed in a pinpoint strike.
The Gaza Health Ministry said 80 people were killed and 50 wounded.
Israel denied this, saying it killed 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in a pinpoint strike, and published what it said were their names and photographs.
One of those evacuated early yesterday was Ramadan Issa, a father of five, who joined hundreds of people walking towards central Gaza.
“Every time we settle in a place and build tents for women and children, (Israel) comes and bombs the area,” he said. “This situation is unbearable.”
Now in the 10th month of the conflict, the Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll is approaching 40,000, and experts have warned of famine.
The evacuation comes amid rising tensions with Iran after it vowed to retaliate against Israel following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh last month.
Tehran announced yesterday that its Revolutionary Guards will conduct military exercises near the border with Iraq until tomorrow.
