Aircraft-dropped flyers direct “everyone in Gaza City” to evacuate the area deemed a “dangerous combat zone” by way of two highways that go to shelters in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida.
The UN has expressed its extreme concern over the issuing of evacuation orders. Gaza City has been urged to evacuate for the second time since the start of the conflict.
Israeli soldiers have re-entered various districts over the past two weeks where they think Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters had made regroupings since the beginning of the year.
The negotiations over a possible ceasefire and hostage release agreement, which began in Qatar on Wednesday, are reportedly in danger of collapsing because of Israel’s resurrected activity in the city, according to Hamas. The prime minister of Qatar is present, as are the heads of intelligence for Egypt, the US, and Israel.
Israel “is trying to pressure negotiations by intensifying bombing operations, displacement, and committing massacres,” senior Hamas leader Hossam Badran told the news.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, emphasized that Israel is committed to a settlement as long as its “red lines are preserved.”
