IDF: 20,000 Gazan civilians have evacuated Jabaliya area, 150 terror operatives arrested

The IDF says that some 20,000 Palestinians have evacuated the Jabaliya area in the northern Gaza Strip amid an ongoing offensive there against Hamas.

Some 150 terror operatives have also been detained by troops as civilians have evacuated the area, the military says.

The IDF says it is “breaking the Hamas siege on Jabaliya” by “allowing civilians to evacuate for their safety in a safe manner and through organized routes.”

“The breaking of the Hamas siege on Jabaliya is manifested in tens of thousands of civilians evacuating from the area since yesterday morning, despite the efforts by Hamas to prevent [them],” the IDF says in a statement.

The statement adds that the military and COGAT are in contact with the international community and health authorities in Gaza to “maintain the ongoing functioning of the emergency systems of the hospitals, through the transfer of medical equipment and the supply of fuel subject to the operational situation, along with the evacuation of staff [and] patients.”

הלחץ הצבאי של אוגדה 162 על המרחב למול מחבלים וטרור מתגבר ובמקביל צה״ל מאפשר לאזרחים להתפנות למען בטחונם באופן בטוח ודרך נתיבים מסודרים.

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