The Israeli army announced the evacuation of the whole city of Gaza, of which more than 250,000 people have already left. Humanitarian organizations warn of deterioration of the situation.
More than 250,000 people left Gaza in recent days, the Israeli army said on Saturday. According to previous UN estimates, approximately a million Palestinians lived in and its surroundings. The army calls on them to evacuate to the southern areas of the Palestinian enclave before its planned offensive, TASR writes, according to the AFP report.
“According to the Israeli army estimates, more than a quarter of a million inhabitants of Gaza have gone for their own security,” said Arabja Agaj Adrai, spokesman for Arab audience.
AFP pointed out that, given the restrictions on the media in the Gaza Strip and the difficulties of access to many local areas, it is unable to independently verify the information provided by the army or the number of victims reported by Palestinian civilian defense.
The plan is implemented despite criticism
The Israeli armed forces ordered the immediate evacuation of the whole of Gaza earlier this week. They did so for the first time before his scheduled cast, as previous evacuation orders concerned only specific buildings and their surroundings. On Saturday they dropped leaflets calling on the departure of the inhabitants of the western parts of Gaza.
In August, the Israeli government approved a plan to occupy the city of Gaza and continues to prepare its implementation despite repeated challenges of Western countries and humanitarian organizations to stop the offensive, as they can further worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation.
So far, Israel has not publicly announced the beginning of the extensive offensive, but the army has been leading more intensive attacks and operations in the area for several weeks in an effort to increase pressure to the militant Hamas movement. It focuses primarily on high -rise buildings, which she believes are used by militants. The Gazan authorities also reported Israeli raids on Saturday, which she said they killed five people. According to civil defense, Friday’s attacks have lost their lives of at least 50 people throughout the Palestinian territory.
