Israel tells people who live in northern Gaza that they need to leave within 24 hours. “For your safety,” Israel has told the 1.1 million people who live in the north of Gaza that they need to leave within 24 hours. This is a “humanitarian step to minimise civilian casualties” before the military responds to Hamas’ terrorist attacks.
On X, which used to be Twitter, Friday morning, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus shared the message that he said was sent to people in Gaza.
“The IDF calls for the evacuation of all civilians from Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and to move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza, the river Gaza, as shown on the map,” said Conricus.
He explained that telling people to go south of the river makes the directions clear for everyone, even if they don’t have a plan.
Conricus said the order to leave is for safety reasons and that people won’t be able to go back to Gaza City until the area is declared safe again. Also, he told them not to get close to the area of the security fence with Israel.
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The United Nations told The Associated Press that it got the 24-hour evacuation notice from Israel, and Conricus confirmed that he had talked to the UN.
Hamas runs its operations out of Gaza City, using civilians as human shields in tunnels under homes and inside buildings full of innocent people.
“Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields,” the IDF said in a statement.
The IDF said it would keep doing a lot of work in Gaza City and would do everything possible to avoid hurting people.
“People in this area are not our enemies, so we don’t want to attack them.” “We are asking them to leave so that we can keep attacking Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip,” Conricus said.
Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, more than 2,800 Israelis and Palestinians have died and at least 9,800 have been hurt. This is as of Thursday night. As reports say that Israeli troops get ready for a ground invasion of Gaza, the number of deaths is likely to rise.
