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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
IDF calls on residents of 2 Gaza City neighborhoods to evacuate ahead of new offensive
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The IDF is calling on residents of two Gaza City neighborhoods to evacuate to the al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone” on the coast of southern Gaza, as the military appears to be launching a new offensive in the area.
Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, publishes a map of the zones that need to be evacuated alongside the announcement.
The zones include the Zeitoun and Turkmen neighborhoods of Gaza City.
Palestinian media outlets report casualties in Israeli strikes on Zeitoun in the last hour.
At the beginning of Israel’s ground offensive against the Hamas terror group, the IDF called on all Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate south, although some have remained there regardless.
#عاجل ???? نداء عاجل الى كل السكان المتواجدين في احياء الزيتون والتركمان في قطاع غزة:
حرصًا على سلامتكم ندعوكم للانتقال فورًا عبر شارع صلاح الدين إلى المنطقة الإنسانية في المواصي pic.twitter.com/4I9i9LGmKL
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) February 20, 2024
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