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Footage from Gaza shows residents fleeing Khan Younis after IDF evacuation order

By Nurit Yohanan 19 May 2025, 4:08 pm Edit

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Palestinians with their belongings flee their homes after the Israeli military issued orders for evacuation from eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025. (REUTERS/ Hatem Khaled)
Palestinians with their belongings flee their homes after the Israeli military issued orders for evacuation from eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025. (REUTERS/ Hatem Khaled)

Media outlets in Gaza publish footage showing large numbers of residents leaving the Khan Younis area on foot.

Earlier today, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson issued a wide-scale evacuation order instructing residents to move to the al-Mawasi area in advance of what was described as an “unprecedented offensive” in Khan Younis.

According to Al Arabiya, thousands of residents have already begun evacuating.

In recent weeks, there has been relatively low compliance with IDF evacuation orders in Gaza, according to both residents’ testimonies and UNRWA data on the number of evacuees.

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