The Israeli military renews warnings for Palestinians in Gaza not to return to the embattled territory’s north, a day after Gaza hospital officials said five people were killed as throngs of displaced residents tried to reach their homes in the war-torn area.
The military has reduced the number of troops it has in Gaza and has said it has loosened Hamas’s control over the north, but Israel is still carrying out airstrikes and targeted operations in the area against what it says are reorganizing forces.
Arabic-language military spokesman Avichay Adraee writes on X, formerly Twitter, that Palestinians should stay in southern Gaza, where they have been told to shelter, because the north is a “dangerous combat zone.”
People appear to be heeding the new warning, especially after the violence on Sunday.
Hospital authorities in Gaza said that five people were killed by Israeli forces while trying to travel north to their homes. The Israeli military has had no comment and the precise circumstances behind the deaths are not immediately clear.
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