Israeli army issues forced evacuation orders after deadly attacks on Gaza

After conducting a string of deadly attacks on the Gaza enclave that resulted in the deaths of at least 326 Palestinians, the Israeli army has threatened residents of several areas there to “evacuate immediately.”

The army issued the forced evacuation orders on Tuesday, focusing on Beit Hanoon, Khirbet Khuza’a, Abasan al-Kabira, and Abasan al-Jadida.

The Israeli army has launched a massive offensive against terrorist organizations, according to the IDF. These designated combat areas are regarded as “dangerous” combat zones. Avichay Adraee, the army’s spokesman in Arabic, cited on X.

Adraee advised residents of the targeted areas to seek shelter in Khan Younis or western Gaza City.

Following the Tuesday enclave attack by Israel, the orders were issued.

Hamas claimed in the wake of the attack that the Netanyahu government had chosen to “overturn” a tense two-month ceasefire that the two parties reached on January 19.

Just weeks after Palestinians were permitted to return to their homes under the ceasefire agreement, the attacks and the evacuation orders put an end to a period of proximate calm during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Hani Mahmoud, a journalist from Gaza City, claimed that Israel’s attacks had targeted residential buildings, schools, and other public spaces that had been effectively turned into “death traps” into.

“Let’s not forget that many Palestinians are still residing in evacuation centers because their homes have been destroyed or have been occupying territories by the Israeli military,” he said.

The UN’s coordinator for humanitarian needs in the occupied Palestinian territories pleaded for the immediate reinstatement of the Gaza ceasefire.