As the military said it plans to intensify its renewed assault on the enclave, Israel has issued new forced evacuation orders for Rafah in southern Gaza.
Avichay Adraee, the military’s spokesperson in Arabic, announced on X on Monday morning that the army was “fighting with great force” in Rafah, one of Gaza’s largest cities, and surrounding areas.
He demanded that Palestinians find shelter in al-Mawasi on the coast right away. Despite being designated as a “safe zone,” the area frequently encountered Israeli fire during the Gaza war.
At least two people were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent that housed the area’s displaced people, according to Al Jazeera Arabic, shortly after the evacuation order.
Since Israel resumed its occupation of the enclave on March 18, breaking the fragile January ceasefire, 142, 000 people have been displaced, according to a report released by the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA).
More than 900 people have died as a result of the bombardment, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Since the start of the war in October 2023, more than 50 000 people have died, according to the statement.
1, 139 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage as a result of the Hamas attack on southern Gaza on October 7. This set off an Israeli siege.
Grim Eid celebrations
As Palestinians observe Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, Israeli attacks have continued to pour down on Gaza.
At least 64 Palestinians were killed on Eid’s first day on Sunday. At least nine people have died as a result of Israeli attacks, and the situation in Gaza is still grim as of Monday morning.
According to Hind Khoudary, a reporter for Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Israeli forces have attacked “at least seven houses of different families” in Khan Younis, the other major city in southern Gaza.
According to her, “there has also been never-ending artillery shelling in the central areas of the Gaza Strip, in Nuseirat, and also in the area very close to the Netzarim Corridor,” adding that three farmers have been killed there as a result of explosions audible in Deir el-Balah.
Children who once celebrated Eid in Beit Hanoon, northern Gaza, are now frightened to spend the holiday.
We’re afraid to approach the beach in case Israeli shelling, Wissam Nassar told Al Jazeera.
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