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Saturday, December 28, 2024
After rocket attack, IDF issues urgent evacuation warning for Gaza’s Beit Hanoun
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Following the long-range rocket fire from Gaza, the military issues an urgent evacuation warning to civilians in the Strip’s far north, where the projectiles were launched from.
Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, publishes a map showing areas the military has previously called to evacuate.
“Urgent warning to all those who have not yet evacuated the area marked on the map, specifically the Beit Hanoun area. This area has been warned many times in the past. You must evacuate the area immediately and move south towards Salah a-Din road. Moving via another road exposes you to danger,” Adraee says.
The two long-range rockets were fired from Beit Hanoun, less than a day after the military launched a new offensive against Hamas there. The terror group has previously fired rockets from areas where the IDF advances in order to prevent the military from capturing them.
The IDF has operated in Beit Hanoun several times since the beginning of the war, though it has not managed to reach every last rocket in Hamas’s possession.
#عاجل ‼️ انذار عاجل إلى كل من لم يخلي بعد المنطقة المحددة في الخريطة ومنطقة بيت حانون بالتحديد
????لقد تم تحذير هذه المنطقة مرات عديدة في الماضي
????يعمل جيش الدفاع في هذه المنطقة بقوة.
????عليكم اخلاء المنطقة فورًا والانتقال جنوبًا نحو طريق صلاح الدين. الانتقال عبر طريق آخر يعرضكم… pic.twitter.com/UVgcMH8R9Z— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) December 28, 2024
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