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Gaza City nearly half emptied, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian 18 September 2025, 7:31 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

More than 450,000 Palestinians have so far evacuated Gaza City to the Strip’s south, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says in a press conference.

Around 1 million Palestinians were estimated to be residing in Gaza City before the IDF began its major offensive against Hamas there.

Defrin says that since the start of the offensive on Monday night, more than 1,200 terror targets have been struck.

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