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During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
Israel’s military is telling 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes immediately, ... Israel tells 1.1 million Gazans to evacuate south. UN says order is ‘impossible’
It was unclear whether the evacuation order signals a prelude to an assault, but it came a day after Israel’s defense minister told troops in Gaza to expect “intense action in Rafah in the ...
Israel responded with a series of airstrikes on Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued a warning to residents in the northern regions to evacuate by a specific deadline. However, the United Nations considered this evacuation order both impractical and impracticable to execute safely due to the significant number of people it affected. [9]
Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ...
The UN, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, urged [62] Israel to rescind its evacuation order, [63] as did Amnesty International. [64] An evacuation route on Salah al-Din street was bombed; the Gaza health ministry claimed 70 dead. [65] Hamas told Gazans in the northern region (some 1.1 million people) to remain in place. [66]
Many Gaza residents have been displaced multiple times since October, worsening the ongoing humanitarian crisis; experts also warn that evacuation orders have complicated aid efforts.
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip during the Six Day War, capturing it from Egypt along with the Sinai peninsula.In 1970, the first Israeli settlement was built. In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel agreed to an outline for Palestinians to self-govern in the Palestinian territories.