IDF estimates 480,000 Gaza City residents have moved to Strip’s south

By Emanuel Fabian

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19 September 2025, 11:09 am

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

Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southward on a road in the Nuseirat area in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City, September 18, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Some 480,000 Palestinians have so far evacuated Gaza City to the Strip’s south, according to fresh IDF estimates.

Around one million Palestinians were estimated to be residing in Gaza City before the IDF launched a major offensive against Hamas in the area.

Ahead of the offensive, the IDF ordered Palestinians in all areas of Gaza City to evacuate immediately to an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Strip’s south.