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The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip
From U.S. News & World Report
Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city.
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Israel launched a major operation in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, last May, leaving large parts of it in ruins. Israeli forces seized a strategic buffer zone along the border and did not ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the ...
The Israeli military ordered tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians to leave the southern Gazan town of Rafah on Monday morning, as it intensified its new offensive in the shattered enclave. The order — which came during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr — is the latest of several issued by the army since Benjamin Netanyahu’s government broke a two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas earlier this month and cut off supplies of food,
The order followed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reiterated demand for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza as he promised to step up pressure.