IDF: Around 300,000 Gazans have left Rafah to ‘humanitarian zone’

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

This map issued by the IDF, May 11, 2024 shows zones in Rafah that are to be evacuated amid a military offensive in the area. (Israel Defense Forces)
This map issued by the IDF, May 11, 2024 shows zones in Rafah that are to be evacuated amid a military offensive in the area. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it estimates that some 300,000 Palestinians have evacuated southern Gaza’s Rafah to a designated “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi and Khan Younis areas.

This morning, the IDF expanded the number of zones in eastern Rafah that need to be evacuated amid an ongoing operation against Hamas there.

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