![Palestinians, including women and children, living in the east of Khan Younis city move towards safe areas with whatever belongings they can take with them after Israel announced that an operation will be carried out and ordered the Palestinians to evacuate the area immediately in Khan Yunis, Gaza on July 22, 2024. [Ashraf Amra - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AA-20240722-35204012-35203984-PALESTINIANS_TO_MIGRATE_FOR_SAFER_AREAS_AFTER_ISRAELS_EVACUATION_WARNING_IN_KHAN_YUNIS.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
The Israeli army on Saturday ordered Palestinians in several areas in the central Gaza Strip to evacuate in preparation for a possible military operation, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee ordered residents of the neighbourhoods of Al-Masdar and Al-Maghazi, east of the city of Deir Al-Balah, and also a group around Salah Al-Din Street to “evacuate the areas immediately” and move to what he called the “humanitarian area.”
He added that the army will “forcefully operate” against Palestinian groups in the area.
Several times during the 10-month war on Gaza, Israel had ordered mass evacuations to “safe areas.”
Human rights groups and international observers decried the inhumanity of the orders and the mass suffering caused as a result. In addition, Palestinians often found themselves attacked by Israel en route to such “safe areas” as well as after they reached such zones.
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